Chelsea complete move for Manchester City treble winner as ‘dream’ transfer outlined, deal has been confirmed by Fabrizio Romano
Following another demanding Premier League season, the off-season means that players are currently gone on international service or having an earned holiday.
Over the next two weeks, several Manchester City players are representing their country as nations are finishing their final preparations for Euro 2024 in Germany. July 15 marks the tournament’s start.
Man City will be bustling with activity even away from the playing staff because new season preparations are already under way. Among those chores will be determining transfer targets and evaluating the team to choose players for the future.
Former City guy finishes Chelsea shift.
Only one year after departing City, former City assistant manager Enzo Maresca formally became Chelsea’s new head coach.
Before taking over Leicester City last year, the Italian coach was Pep Guardiola’s assistant during the treble-winning season. Following their first-time of asking promotion back to the Premier League, he guided the Foxes toward the Championship crown.
Instead of leading Leicester against City next season, he will suddenly be in the bench for Chelsea. At Stamford Bridge, he has agreed a five-year contract with an additional year option.
MENSport says: Although it’s not one of the summer’s predicted moves, Maresca’s possession-based approach—akin to that of Guardiola—is claimed to have drawn Chelsea. There is a question about whether he would have been better accumulating more experience at Leicester before making a significant transfer; it will be intriguing to watch how he handles Stamford Bridge with the Blues having a hire and fire them reputation.
He maximized his contacts at Leicester, City, using a loan arrangement for defender Callum Doyle. City could be less eager to assist him now he’s at Chelsea.
Deniz Undav, a striker for Brighton & Hove Albion, has expressed his ideal to play for Manchester City before his career ends. Having struggled for consistent game time in his debut season in the Premier League, the 27-year-old has been on loan with Bundesliga team Stuttgart.
During the recently finished season, he made an outstanding 18 times in 30 league appearances and added another 10 assists. He has lately talked about his future and mentioned City as a place he will try hard to go to.
“I believe few players would turn down a Bayern offer. Everyone aspires to eventually migrate to the extremely large clubs: Man City, Real, Barcelona,” he informed Bild. “That’s the final significant step I want to take one day; I devote everything daily to reach there.”
MENSport notes: Undav battled throughout his one and only season in the Premier League thus far, although his goalscoring record in the Bundesliga is outstanding. Should he have any hope of drawing Pep Guardiola’s attention over the next several years, he will have to go back to Brighton and begin funly bashing in the goals.
The bad news for the striker is that he is running against time. By 27 he should be at his best, hence the 2024/25 season will be vital for him to have that “dream” last action.
