Even if Chelsea end up not finishing in the top-five, thus failing to qualify for next season’s Champions League once again, Enzo Maresca’s job will not be under threat. Regardless of what happens, he will be the coach next season as well, and his performance and success will be reviewed only after that. Two seasons ... and a movie?
That’s the latest report from The Telegraph, matching previous reports from a couple months ago, such as from The Athletic. So that’s pretty consistent messaging, even as the team have gone through a couple major slumps.
Now we have just three games left: if we win all three, we would win the Conference League and also qualify for the Champions League. Yay! But apparently even if we lose all three, it would only be “viewed internally as a disappointment rather than any sort of crisis demanding radical change”.
I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed.
After all, “Maresca shares the same vision as sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart, and the internal view is that Chelsea have progressed under him, regardless of their final league position and whether or not they win a trophy.”
Oh.
Enzo Maresca's job is not on the line in Chelsea's final three games of the season - even if the club miss out on Champions League qualification #cfc https://t.co/Nhkar19qPh
— Matt Law (@Matt_Law_DT) May 14, 2025