1 hour ago Maresca is portion Italian, portion Spanish successful his attack to coaching and life.
His Spanish power stems from his family, and his vulnerability to Guardiola's Barcelona portion he was astatine Sevilla and Malaga during the highest years of his playing career.
Facing a Barcelona broadside regarded by immoderate arsenic the top nine squad of each clip opened Maresca's eyes to a caller mode of playing, and helped spark the inclination for technical, possession-based teams dominating astatine the highest level.
In Spain, Maresca besides met his trusted assistant, Willy Caballero, and his children were calved there. Spanish is present the main connection spoken astatine location wrong his ample family.
It was besides his "football father", erstwhile Manchester City and West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini, who identified during Maresca's playing days that helium had the qualities to go a coach.
This grounding helps explicate the similarities betwixt Maresca and Guardiola.
Manchester City president Khaldoon Al Mubarak has been unfastened successful his appraisal of Enzo Maresca, with the Italian returning to the nine pursuing 2 erstwhile stints - archetypal with the academy and past alongside Guardiola arsenic his adjunct coach.
Khaldoon said: "He is 1 of Pep's assistants astatine 1 constituent successful his vocation truthful decidedly - helium volition archer you - helium is going to person taken a batch of inspiration successful the doctrine of Pep, and you spot that successful his football.
"But helium has besides evolved his ain philosophy. I deliberation Enzo brings a batch to this club."
The brace are known to beryllium successful regular interaction and Maresca would not person been chosen without Guardiola's knowledge, according to those adjacent to them.
It is besides understood that outgoing sporting manager Txiki Begiristain recommended him arsenic Guardiola's heir erstwhile handing implicit his responsibilities to Hugo Viana upon leaving the nine past summer.
Khaldoon added. "I deliberation the fans volition admit him arsenic a manager, his shot philosophy, his shot and however the squad is going to execute and spell from spot to spot with Maresca's leadership.
"I deliberation it volition beryllium a large summation to the team. This is simply a large situation - this scares disconnected galore people. The quality with Enzo is helium really wants that challenge, helium loves that challenge."
Maresca was an influential fig during his azygous play nether Guardiola, with the Spaniard often leaning connected the erstwhile Chelsea brag for tactical innovations.
It was during that run that Guardiola rebranded England defender John Stones arsenic a cardinal midfielder, with him playing a starring relation successful the Treble-clinching Champions League last triumph against Inter Milan.
Maresca, who was caput manager of City's Elite Development Squad successful the 2020-21 season, near a lasting content connected the academy.
Gareth Taylor, who present leads Liverpool's women's squad and spent clip with Maresca astatine City, told BBC Sport: "Enzo brought thing a small spot different.
"He surely had much state successful the mode helium acceptable up his teams, due to the fact that antecedently astir coaches successful that situation were strictly told to travel a circumstantial crippled model.
"It was arsenic if no-one had that speech with Enzo, but it was affirmative due to the fact that you person to germinate - you cannot basal inactive tactically. At City, arsenic agelong arsenic you could backmost up your rationale, it would beryllium listened to and perchance adopted."
Of course, Maresca is inactive Italian and was besides influenced by playing nether legendary coaches Carlo Ancelotti and Marcelo Lippi.
However, aft a mediocre archetypal spell successful absorption astatine Parma, his clip successful Manchester earned him a managerial relation astatine Leicester City and past Chelsea.
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