Ornstein exclusive: City target Maresca to replace Guardiola (from The Athletic FC Podcast)
Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show
The Athletic
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🗓️ 18 December 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
David Ornstein reports that Chelsea's Enzo Maresca is high on the list to replace Pep Guardiola - with the anticipation of this being his last season at Manchester City.
It comes less than a week after Maresca's outburst regarding his 'worst 48 hours' at the club, which came following the 2-0 win over Everton on Saturday.
The Athletic FC Podcast assembled to react to the news.
Matt Davies-Adams and the gang will have more reaction to the story on Monday's pod - where we'll be reflecting on Saturday's trip to Newcastle as well and looking ahead to the festive fixtures.
Host: Adam Leventhal
With: David Ornstein, Oliver Kay, Jack Pitt-Brooke and Simon Johnson
Executive Producer: Abi Paterson
Producer: Guy Clarke
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic F.C. |
| 0:03.3 | Hello. |
| 0:03.4 | Hello. |
| 0:03.5 | Hello. |
| 0:04.3 | Hello. |
| 0:05.3 | The Athletic. |
| 0:06.5 | Joseph. |
| 0:07.0 | Yes. |
| 0:08.1 | Thursday. |
| 0:09.0 | Chelsea. |
| 0:10.2 | Chelsea. |
| 0:11.3 | Chelsea. |
| 0:12.1 | Hello. |
| 0:12.8 | Hello. here for a bit of a bonus episode unexpected, but the Athletics, David Ornstein, reported on Thursday |
| 0:23.4 | that Chelsea manager Enzo Moreska is high among candidates that Manchester City are considering |
| 0:28.9 | should Pet Guardiola leave the club next summer? The pieces out on the site now, including |
| 0:35.1 | analysis from our very own Simon Johnson, who says |
| 0:38.6 | City's interest in Moreska will lay down a challenge to Chelsea over how much they want him |
| 0:43.7 | to stay in charge. Chelsea have put a structure in place, which means their overall strategy |
| 0:48.4 | is not disrupted too much by a change of coach and have always planned to review how the |
| 0:52.7 | club are progressing, including Moreska, at the end of his second season. |
| 0:58.1 | While the timing is certainly interesting, given the uncertainty that's arisen in recent days |
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