Enzo Maresca Chelsea exit: Journalist claims Blues statement on Italian joining Manchester City a "distorted truth"

Chelsea person not provided an close mentation of events involving Enzo Maresca, according to journalist Gianluca Di Marzio.

While Manchester City confirming Maresca arsenic their caller manager connected Monday was anticipated, statements from Chelsea and Maresca were not.

At the aforesaid clip arsenic Man City's announcement, Chelsea released a elaborate mentation of events that allegedly transpired anterior to Maresca departing Stamford Bridge connected New Year's Day.

Meanwhile, Maresca, himself, took to societal media to apologise to Chelsea for the "disruption" that his exit had caused.

Via TuttoNapoli, Di Marzio has claimed that the mentation of events person been "twisted and turned around" to enactment Chelsea successful a favourable light.

Di Marzio questions Chelsea's mentation of Maresca saga

Di Marzio said: "City had to wage a whopping €20m to merchandise Maresca and marque him manager of Manchester City.

"Chelsea person insisted connected a reconstruction of the story, making it look that Maresca caused harm to the club. That helium was lone reasoning astir Manchester City, that by resigning helium created problems for the club, and each these assorted reconstructions which, I repeat, archer a distorted truth."

He added: "Chelsea is successful a precise peculiar concern wherever the manager can’t ever enactment with implicit autonomy and independence, and that’s besides what happened with Enzo Maresca, who astatine a definite constituent had to accidental capable due to the fact that the concern was unbearable.”

"Now the full happening has been twisted and turned astir lone to effort to get retired of it cleanly with the Blues fans, but everyone successful the cognize knows that the information isn’t what was told by the powerfulness of a property merchandise and the powerfulness of money."

Will Chelsea, Man City attraction astir cognition of events?

From Chelsea's perspective, they person received astatine slightest £17m for Maresca being confirmed arsenic Man City manager, arsenic good arsenic a nationalist apology.

Meanwhile, Man City person secured the services of their semipermanent people to regenerate Pep Guardiola and privation to property up with their ain plans.

Therefore, some clubs volition simply beryllium blessed to determination connected from the matter, having fundamentally achieved what they wanted from the saga.

Although determination whitethorn beryllium much to it than has been revealed, it is present a specified afterthought.