Willy Caballero, Danny Walker – Meet the backroom staff Enzo Maresca could bring to Chelsea

Chelsea are closing in on appointing Enzo Maresca as their new head coach, with the Italian set to make the switch from Leicester City.

Maresca has been with the Foxes for just one season but led them straight back into the Premier League at the first attempt, winning the Championship title along the way. His crisp style of play is one thing that has caught the attention of Chelsea bosses.

The Blues are said to pay around £9million in compensation to Leicester for the move. But there are also negotiations over other members of staff who are expected to join Maresca at Stamford Bridge.

reports Fabrizio Romano that Chelsea will pay compensation for staff leaving Leicester. He adds that “at least” five assistants will be part of the backroom staff at Maresca’s club.

Here’s a look at who they might be:

Willy Caballero – assistant manager

A name that will be most familiar to Chelsea fans, the goalkeeper officially hung up his gloves last summer to join Maresca as assistant manager at Leicester. The Argentine spent four years as a player at Stamford Bridge, making 38 appearances for the club.

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He was part of the squad that won the FA Cup in 2018, the Europa League in 2019 and the Champions League in 2021. He left at the end of his contract the following summer before signing for Southampton, with whom he remained until his retirement. .

Danny Walker – First team coach

Walker previously worked under Maresca with Manchester City’s development squad between 2022 and 2022, before joining Peterborough United as head coach in the professional development phase. The 38-year-old joined Maresca as Leicester’s first-team coach last summer.

Michele De Bernardin – Goalkeeping coach

Leicester had a change in goalkeeping coach with the appointment of Maresca with long-term servant Mike Stowell replaced by De Bernardin. He first worked with Maresca during their time with Parma in the Italian Serie B.

In the 2022/23 season, he was goalkeeping coach and first team coach at Italian side Sampdoria before joining Maresca at Leicester.

Marcos Alvarez – Fitness Trainer

There was another coach who worked with the Parma manager. Alvarez has several clubs on his CV before Leicester, including Sevilla, Tottenham, Real Madrid, CSKA Moscow, Dnipro, Real Betis, Parma and SPAL.

Javier Molina Caballero – first team analyst

He also worked with Maresca at Parma and joined the Italian at Leicester last summer. He arrived from Atletico Madrid, having previously worked with Barcelona B, Racing Santander and the Andorra national team.