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Man City to pay €20m for Enzo Maresca – where does he rank among most expensive managers?
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Manchester City are set to complete their first major signing of the summer transfer period, but it isn’t a player for the club’s starting XI next season. Instead, the club are reportedly on the cusp of concluding negotiations with Chelsea to appoint Enzo Maresca as their next manager and the man tasked with replacing Pep Guardiola, who confirmed that he would leave Man City at the end of the month.
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According to reporter Gianluca Di Marzio, a verbal agreement has been reached between Man City and their Premier League rivals for Maresca’s signature, with the Italian head coach still under contract at Stamford Bridge until 2029 despite technically being relieved of his duties in January, when he was replaced by Liam Rosenior. The report suggests that Maresca will sign a three-year contract with the former English champions, but in order to do so, Man City have had to pay compensation to release Maresca from his contract at Chelsea. That fee, apparently, stands at a remarkable €20 million, which is not only a sizable sum for a head coach but is among the highest fees ever paid for one in the history of the sport.
Indeed, according to Transfermarkt information, should Maresca make the move to Man City for the reported fee, he’ll become the third most expensive head coach in history. Only two head coaches cost more than the Italian head coach – Graham Potter (who left Brighton for Chelsea for €25m in 2022) and Julian Nagelsmann (who joined Bayern Munich from RB Leipzig in 2021 for €25m). Maresca would join the list of all-time most expensive head coaches ahead of José Mourinho’s move from Inter Milan to Real Madrid in 2010, which at the time cost the Spanish giants an impressive €16m in compensation. And while the fee is relatively little compared to what Man City are used to paying for players, it still underlines their desire to hire Maresca as the man to succeed Guardiola.
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