Enzo Maresca is the best manager I’ve worked with – even better than Mauricio Pochettino

Leicester City midfielder Harry Winks has had his say on Enzo Maresca as the Italian prepares to leave Leicester City for Chelsea – rating him better than Mauricio Pochettino and Blues legend Jose Mourinho

Maresca is in talks with Chelsea over a surprise move after guiding Leicester back to the top flight last term. He will be leaving behind a talented squad – one that adores him – and Winks made his feelings clear during the Foxes’ recent title celebrations.

“By far the best manager I’ve worked for, he’s unbelievable,” the former England international told Sky Sports. “I think everyone will say he’s going straight to the top, he’s got it all.

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“He’s a great coach, he’s incredible tactically, some of the decisions he tells us to make before the game and how you look at games and it’s something I’ve never experienced before in football. It opened my eyes to football a lot. and the way he plays, that kind of style of Pep Guardiola, with whom he worked for a very long time.

“I love my football, it works perfectly for me, it’s exactly the kind of football I want to play and buy and since he’s arrived I’ve learned so much and will continue to do so.”

Winks enjoyed a stellar campaign under Maresca – one that would personally have been a refreshing change of pace.

The 28-year-old rose through the ranks at boyhood club Tottenham, although he was never able to replace the reliable starters before him during a trophyless nine-year spell under the likes of Pochettino and Mourinho. To make matters worse, the last of them was loaned out to Sampdoria, with whom he experienced relegation to Serie A.

Coming to the King Power Stadium for a fresh start, he was given midfield freedom by his new boss, playing all but one game in the Championship-winning campaign – the first silverware of his career.

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