Pundit warns “there’s only going to be one winner” after manager publicly targeted club hierarchy.
Jamie Carragher has forecast the likely end of Enzo Maresca’s tenure at Chelsea, following the manager’s pointed remarks about a lack of “support” from the club’s decision-makers in the wake of last week’s defeat to Atalanta.
Speaking on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football, Carragher dissected Maresca’s claim that the 48 hours after the loss were his “worst at the club,” interpreting it as a clear shot at the owners and sporting directors. The former Liverpool defender labeled it a “classic case” of a modern head coach clashing with the boardroom.
“He’s speaking about the owners and the sporting directors,” Carragher stated. “I think this is a classic case that you see at a lot of clubs now, where you have a head coach – not a manager – and sporting directors.”
Carragher suggested Maresca, emboldened by his success in securing Champions League football and winning cup competitions, is now seeking more control, including over transfer decisions like the failure to sign a centre-back after Levi Colwill’s injury. However, the pundit strongly criticized airing such grievances publicly.
“I don’t like people going public, whether it’s a manager or a player, you sort it in-house,” Carragher said. “But the problem for Maresca is, if you continue like this, there’s only going to be one winner. And it’s not him.”
Carragher went so far as to predict, “I don’t think Maresca is manager of Chelsea next season.” Despite this, he was full of praise for the Italian’s capabilities, arguing Chelsea would be foolish to underestimate what they might lose.
“Maresca is capable of competing at the very highest level,” Carragher insisted, highlighting the impressive work done with a squad he believes lags behind the league’s elite. “Chelsea might feel that they could go and get a better manager, but let me tell you, they could easily go and get someone worse.”
The warning from Carragher paints a picture of a talented manager on a collision course with his employers, a power struggle where history suggests the man in the dugout rarely emerges victorious.
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