Harry Winks has seemingly claimed that 1 of Chelsea’s top rated managerial targets ranks earlier mentioned their former manager Mauricio Pochettino, when also showing up to snub a two-time Champions League-winning mentor.
Chelsea are at this time on the hunt for a new supervisor soon after the bombshell information dropped final 7 days that Pochettino experienced mutually agreed to element strategies with the club.
Irrespective of a complicated start out to the year, with the west London club remaining plagued by injuries, the Argentine had weathered a storm of mounting force to clinch a sixth-position complete in the Premier League, concurrently securing a berth in the Europa Convention League up coming season.
Winks, 28, worked under Pochettino for the duration of the manager’s five-12 months spell at Tottenham, notably lauding the 52-12 months-outdated mentor proper right before the Argentine was sacked by Spurs in 2019.
The Tottenham academy graduate, who joined Leicester on a permanent deal last summertime, also labored underneath Jose Mourinho during the Portuguese manager’s two-calendar year spell in north London.
Leicester City midfielder Harry Winks has revealed the ideal supervisor he has labored underneath
Winks appeared to snub former Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino (pictured) stating a further manager was ‘by significantly the finest mentor to engage in under’
Winks (remaining) played less than Pochettino (proper) for many seasons in advance of the Argentine left Spurs in 2019
The midfielder had notably struggled for video game time under Mourinho all through the 2020-21 time where he started off in 9 Leading League matches even though producing just 15 best-flight appearances.
Soon after 21 yrs at the club, he was snapped up by Leicester, and has gone on to be an integral section of Enzo Maresca’s Championship successful facet, enjoying in all but a single of their league matches this season, returning two aims.
On Monday, Mail Activity exposed that Maresca had emerged as Chelsea’s foremost candidate to triumph Pochettino at Stamford Bridge, right after the Italian guided the Foxes back to the Premier League this time.
It is recognized that the Leicester boss is open up to a switch to the west London club, irrespective of his successful season with the Foxes. Chelsea, meanwhile, have also referred to as Kieran McKenna to recommend him that they would not be pursuing a move to appoint the Ipswich manager as their new long lasting manager.
Obtaining labored under the 44-yr-old for a year now, Winks believes Maresca is a greater supervisor than both Pochettino and Mourinho, lauding the Leicester manager for his person-administration expertise.
‘He’s by considerably the best supervisor I have worked for,’ Winks instructed Sky Sports. ‘He’s amazing. Most people will say he’s heading suitable to the leading in terms of managerial stature. He is acquired everything. He is a wonderful male manager.
‘He’s tactically outstanding in some of the decisions that he tells us to do right before the activity and how he sights the match is one thing I have hardly ever seasoned ahead of in football.’
‘So yeah, he is opened my eyes a ton to football and the way it is really played and the variety of Pep Guardiola model as properly – who I know he labored with for a though as very well.
‘So I am loving my soccer, it functions completely for me. It is accurately the form of soccer that I want to perform and obtain into and I assume considering that he has appear in, I have acquired so a lot and continue on to do that.’
Winks as an alternative claimed that Enzo Maresca (pictured) was the ideal mentor that he’s performed for
The Leicester supervisor (left) has emerged as the major applicant to just take more than as Chelsea manager
Winks (remaining) also seemingly snubbed ex-Tottenham manager and two-time Champions League-successful manager Jose Mourinho (appropriate)
The 28-year-previous (pictured) lumped praise on Maresca for his tactical genius and male-administration competencies
He added that he has discovered a large amount beneath the new supervisor and has been taking pleasure in his soccer
Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna was just one of the candidates underneath thought but has considering that fallen out of the race
Maresca also arrived at Leicester previous summer months, after Brendan Rogers left the club pursuing their relegation to the Championship.
The mentor experienced earlier been plying his trade as Pep Guardiola’s assistant mentor at Manchester City.
Mail Activity claimed past 7 days that Chelsea experienced started their research for a new supervisor and experienced begun holding several informal interviews with prospective successors to Pochettino.