🚨⚠️ 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐒𝐄𝐀 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐈𝐕𝐄 £𝟏𝟕𝐌 𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑷𝑬𝑵𝑺𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑭𝑬𝑬 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐀 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘 🤑 “I recognise that my departure from Chelsea in the middle of the season caused disruption for the club and 𝐈 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. It was neither my intention nor wish”, says Maresca 💔 Chelsea have issued an 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 statement 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓 Maresca to clarify their position on what happened 🔵🤯 “In 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, the Club was informed by Maresca that there might be an opportunity for him to succeed Guardiola at the end of the season”. “It became clear to us that it was 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚 and so that he was fully committed to pursuing the opportunity, despite the fact he was under contract which he had no right to terminate”, Chelsea statement reports. 🔥 “In December 2025, Maresca unexpectedly, abruptly resigned from his position. We felt let down… we believed that 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛 despite having just arrived at Chelsea the year before”, Chelsea have accused. “No club wants to change its coach midway through a season. However, the Club was left with no choice at all but to protect our players, our supporters, and the Badge and accept his resignation and change the coach”. “In 𝐗𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐀𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨, we have a Manager who has an exceptional football mind and is a 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲”. “Alonso has all the attributes to deliver the success Chelsea supporters deserve and expect”, the club has stated 👋🏼🇪🇸