The newly appointed coach of relegated English Premier League side Leicester City Enzo Maresca officially resumed his duties two days ago with the start of pre-season training, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Italian Maresca left his role as one of Pep Guardiola’s assistant managers at Manchester City to take over the Foxes. He was brought in as the team’s permanent coach following their relegation which saw the departure of Dean Smith, who ended the season in interim capacity.
Already the team has been hit with a host of departures with around seven first team players leaving the team, mostly players who are out of contract with James Madisson the only player who left for Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of around £35m.
Speaking in his first press conference, the coach said he is open to more players leaving the club including the Nigerian duo of Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi before the end of the current summer transfer window.
Iheanacho as exclusively reported by OGN is in talks with Nottingham Forest while Ndidi is courting interest from Napoli and Scottish champions Celtics. He has already turned down an approach from Saudi Arabia. The duo will be allowed to leave the club if they so desire particularly as they have a year left on their deal.
“At the moment, seven players had their contracts expired, James Maddison left, and some more players can leave. But at the same time, players can leave, so we can bring in more players.
“The market is open, anything can happen. We can bring in players and we can sell them too. The market is long. There are many weeks so we’ll see.”
Daniel Martins
