Chelsea want to speak to Leicester City boss Enzo Maresca as they pursue a replacement for Mauricio Pochettino.
Maresca guided Leicester back to the Premier League at the first time of asking and previously worked for Manchester City as Pep Guardiola’s assistant.
The leading candidates to replace Mauricio Pochettino, who departed on Tuesday, are Kieran McKenna, Maresca, Thomas Frank and Sebastian Hoeness.
The new head coach has to fit into club structure, play possession-based football, be collegiate and collaborative, be comfortable dealing with media spotlight and be ready to go head-to-head with Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta.
Co-owner Behdad Eghbali is in London to oversee process of appointing new head coach with the process led by co-sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart.
More to follow…