{"id":197782,"date":"2024-07-08T17:09:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T17:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/08\/enzo-maresca-gives-two-reasons-as-to-why-he-joined-chelsea\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T17:09:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T17:09:03","slug":"enzo-maresca-gives-two-reasons-as-to-why-he-joined-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/08\/enzo-maresca-gives-two-reasons-as-to-why-he-joined-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Enzo Maresca gives two reasons as to why he joined Chelsea \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Enzo Maresca has revealed his belief that Chelsea\u2019s squad is \u2018full of talent\u2019 and his love of the club\u2019s Italian connections were driving factors behind his decision to join the club.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Blues appointed Maresca as their new head coach last month, with the Italian signing a four-year contract to succeed Mauricio Pochettino in the Stamford Bridge dugout.<\/p>\n<p>In his first sit-down interview with Chelsea\u2019s club channels since his arrival from Leicester City, Maresca revealed his motivations in swapping the East Midlands for west London.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he is looking forward to working with his new squad, Maresca replied: \u201cI\u2019m very excited. One of the reasons I\u2019m here is because I\u2019m convinced the squad is very good and full of talent. The most important thing now is we\u2019re able to create the right culture that drives us for the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always say the same: if you are able to improve players then you are able to improve the team. So it\u2019s our target to try to improve all of them day by day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maresca becomes the sixth Italian manager to take charge of\u00a0Chelsea, following in the footsteps of Gianluca Vialli, Carlo Ancelotti, Roberto Di Matteo, Antonio Conte and Maurizio Sarri.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/01j28xcwb8aksszjrp80.jpg\" alt=\"Maurizio Sarri, Antonio Conte\" title=\"Maurizio Sarri, Antonio Conte\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Chelsea have a history of Italian managers \/ Fred Lee\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>The 44-year-old added that this link to his homeland added further motivation to join Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the reasons for sure [I joined]. I\u2019m very proud to be an Italian manager here again. Probably there is something between Chelsea as a club, as a family, and Italian people that works well!\u201d Maresca added.<\/p>\n<p>Maresca\u2019s Chelsea will fly out to the US later this month for a five-match pre-season tour, with games against Wrexham, Celtic, Club America, Manchester City and Real Madrid scheduled. They will then return to Stamford Bridge to take on Inter in one last friendly before the season begins.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues kick off their Premier League campaign at home to champions City, who Maresca spent two years with as part of their coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enzo Maresca has revealed his belief that Chelsea\u2019s squad is \u2018full of talent\u2019 and his love of the club\u2019s Italian connections were driving factors behind his decision to join the club. 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