Enzo Maresca has actually fed stress in advance of Chelsea‘s journey to Brighton on Friday evening with a strange collection of responses regarding Seagulls manager Fabian Hurzeler.
Maresca takes his Chelsea side to the Amex for the 2nd time in a week, with the Blues seeking to retaliate their FA Cup fourth-round loss as the sides reunite in the Premier League.
Both Maresca and Hurzeler were selected by their corresponding clubs last summertime, with the last ending up being the youngest supervisor in Premier League background at simply 31.
When asked, nevertheless, what he had actually made from his equivalent’s launching period, the Italian decreased to comment.
“I prefer not to say anything about their manager,” he claimed.
Later, when continued whether he had actually not been excited by Hurzeler’s service the south coastline, Maresca rather admired previous Brighton manager Roberto de Zerbi.
Maresca’s compatriot left Brighton at the end of last period, after nearly 2 years accountable, and was related to the Chelsea work prior to occupying his existing article at Marseille.
“It’s not that I’m not impressed [with Hurzeler],” Maresca claimed. “First of all, I think the previous Brighton manager is a top manager, not because he’s a friend of mine, but I think he’s a top manager. And that’s it, yeah.”
Finally, when asked at the end of his interview whether he additionally took into consideration Hurzeler a “top manager”, Maresca just grinned and claimed: “Thank you very much.”
Chelsea and Brighton have actually fulfilled two times currently this period, with the Blues winning 4-2 in the organization at Stamford Bridge in September, prior to their 2-1 loss in the FA Cup last weekend break.
Maresca rejected that there had actually been any kind of concern with Hurzeler coming from that video game and the resource of what seems stress in between both trainers continues to be a secret.
Hurzeler has, nevertheless, became a significantly rough number throughout his very first period in English football and in November, he was associated with an intense run-in with Russell Martin, the after that Southampton manager, that charged his competitor of a disrespect complying with both clubs’ 1-1 draw.
The German has actually been carded 5 times by umpires over his touchline behavior, one of the most of any kind of top-flight manager this term. Neatly, De Zerbi holds the document for the most reservations in one Premier League period with 6, in 2022-23.
