Leicester City manager gives big update on Enzo Maresca’s future

Enzo Maresca’s fitness coach at Leicester City has rubbished speculation that the Italian coach could leave the King Power Stadium for Sevilla.

Maresca’s future is one of the hot topics at City this summer after he expressed his frustrations with aspects of the club’s set-up and with those close to him suggesting he would “consider his options” if a move is not made changes in decision-making offices. In addition, Sevilla are set to appoint a new manager this summer and have had two-time UEFA Cup winner Maresca on board.

However, City’s first-team fitness coach Marcos Alvarez, who arrived with Maresca last year after working with him at Parma, said his full focus is on City. He didn’t rule out Maresca joining Sevilla in the future, but it won’t be this summer.

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“We are focused on Leicester and at the moment there is no other option,” Alvarez told Spain’s Canal Sur Radio. “He loves Sevilla, just like the Sevilla fans love him because he was very important in the history of the club. I imagine their paths will cross (in the future).”

Alvarez first met Maresca in Sevilla when the fitness trainer was starting his career and the Italian was a player for the La Liga side. Even then, he suspected that Maresca would become a manager.

“He’s very methodical and organized,” Alvarez said. “I was pleasantly surprised, but it’s true that when we had him as a player, he was already restless in those aspects.

“There are players in the team who ask the coach why there are tactical situations, why this is done and nothing else is done. In all teams there are players who have the skills of coaches, and Enzo was like that.”

“The world of football has changed over the years, and now coaches are very studious people. That was the first impression I got when I sat down with Enzo two and a half years ago.

“He shows me what his football arguments are and I was very surprised how he had files on his computer with 15 or 20 world-class coaches. They studied how (Jurgen) Klopp uses pressure, how (Thomas) Tuchel tries defensive plays, how Manuel Pellegrini, who worked with him, likes to play a defensive line and (Pep) Guardiola, of course.”

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