Leicester set to name Man City's Maresca as manager

Treble-winning Manchester City adjunct manager Enzo Maresca is acceptable to beryllium appointed Leicester City manager aft agreeing presumption with the Foxes.

If so, it would travel six days aft City's Champions League success.

He would regenerate interim brag Dean Smith, who oversaw conscionable 2 wins from 8 games successful a failed effort to support the Foxes successful the Premier League.

Smith took the occupation successful April pursuing Brendan Rodgers' dismissal aft 4 years successful charge.

Maresca's determination to the King Power Stadium would bring an extremity to a hugely palmy twelvemonth arsenic portion of Pep Guardiola's backroom squad successful what was his 2nd stint arsenic a manager astatine City, having antecedently worked arsenic their Under-23s boss.

He had an unsuccessful 180-day spell arsenic Parma brag successful 2021, overseeing conscionable 4 wins from 13 games aft they were relegated from Serie A.

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