By KIERAN GILL, MAIL SPORT REPORTER
Published: 07:55 EST, 15 December 2025 | Updated: 08:05 EST, 15 December 2025
Enzo Maresca refused to explain his ‘worst 48 hours’ comments despite being given multiple opportunities to play down rumours of a rift inside Chelsea at what was a tetchy press conference.
Maresca was smirking at the start of his presser with the Blues boss fully aware that he would be quizzed on how he had accused ‘people’ of not showing him and his players 'support'. Those complaints came after beating Everton 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday.
Speaking on Monday lunchtime before facing Cardiff in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday night, Maresca shut down any and all attempts from reporters trying to receive clarification, including when asked whether it is the Chelsea hierarchy with whom he was unhappy.
‘I already spoke about that and I don’t have anything to add,’ Maresca said.
Pressed again, Maresca said: ‘It’s Cardiff tomorrow please.’
Maresca and a reporter from Sky Sports then engaged in a to-and-fro as the Chelsea head coach continued to refuse to explain himself.
Enzo Maresca has refused to expand on his incendiary 'worst 48 hour' comments
Maresca claimed the build-up to the 2-0 win over Everton was the 'worst 48 hours' he had had at the club because 'many people didn't support us'
'I already spoke about that and I think I was quite clear, no more than that,’ he said.
'I respect your opinion and I respect people’s opinions but again, I have nothing to add.
‘We are in an era where everyone can say what they think. I respect people’s opinions. I respect your opinion. But again, I don’t have anything to add.
‘I said after the game that I love Chelsea’s support. They deserve the best. I don’t have anything to add.
'I can speak Italian, my language, Spanish, very well, French, English, I think I was clear with what I said. It's done, it's finished. It was after the game, I said what I said, and it's done.’
Asked if he is committed to being Chelsea’s head coach, Maresca said: ‘Absolutely, yes.’
It was after Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Everton that Maresca unexpectedly used his post-match press conference to say: ‘The last 48 hours have been the worst 48 hours since I joined the club because many people didn't support us.’
More than one source has suggested Maresca was indeed aiming his dig towards his Chelsea bosses. They had failed to beat Atalanta, Bournemouth and Leeds before that Everton victory.
Chelsea’s app, which shows press conferences live, suddenly stopped broadcasting as another reporter asked Maresca whether he had been asked to explain his comments to his bosses, such as the co-sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart or owner Behdad Eghbali.
With Maresca declining to clear the air with his latest press conference, speculation will continue to surround his relationship with those above him.
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