Enzo Maresca aims to do what Pochettino couldn’t and win over Chelsea fans

Enzo Maresca will effort to bring “the correct mentality and culture” to Chelsea successful a bid to build a speedy rapport pinch nan club’s supporters.

The Italian has signed a five-year woody astatine Stamford Bridge having led Leicester City to promotion to nan Premier League past play and succeeds Mauricio Pochettino, who had an often rocky narration pinch nan club’s supporters successful portion owed to his relation pinch Chelsea’s rivals Tottenham.

And he is eager to triumph complete nan fanbase by instilling his cardinal principles successful nan squad.

He told nan club’s charismatic website: “In this moment, erstwhile you subordinate a nine you effort to analyse what nan nine and squad needs to amended and do nan correct things. For me, it’s clear we request to create arsenic soon arsenic imaginable nan correct mentality and culture, a civilization that nan fans tin beryllium proud of. This is very important.

“We are going to effort to beryllium an fierce squad connected nan shot and disconnected nan shot and we request to create this relationship betwixt nan fans and nan club, particularly astatine home.

“When you person your ain fans down nan squad pushing, it’s for illustration playing pinch 12 players and this is what we person to create here.

“Just spot nan process, spot nan idea, beryllium down nan team. For judge we are going to bask nan journey. Like astatine each club, for each manager, it will not beryllium easy because thing is easy. But for judge we are going to bask our journey.”

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Canny Maresca already moving connected nan fans

Maresca was already saying nan correct things to get nan fans onside by describing Chelsea arsenic “one of nan biggest clubs successful nan world”.

He added: “I’m very happy and excited. It will beryllium a awesome travel and I’m excited to get started [with nan players] arsenic soon arsenic possible.

“When you subordinate a nine for illustration Chelsea, you cognize that it’s a nine that has to win. So for us, we are going to effort our champion to beryllium there, to conflict and compete pinch nan clubs that successful this infinitesimal are winning and fighting to triumph titles.

“I see Chelsea 1 of nan biggest clubs successful nan world.”

Many of Chelsea’s players are still distant astatine either Euro 2024 aliases nan Copa America and Maresca is eager to spot them successful person.

“It’s very important because we request to cognize each other,” he said. “I already consciousness I cognize each of them to beryllium honorable because I’ve watched truthful galore games successful nan past 2 aliases 3 weeks. So consciousness I cognize each of them.

“But it’s ever different erstwhile you walk time by time pinch nan person. You tin spot them done games but erstwhile you walk time by time pinch nan players, pinch nan quality beings, nan people, you person a different benignant of feeling.”