Leicester boss Maresca threatens to QUIT despite being top of Championship.
LEICESTER CITY manager Enzo Maresca threatened he will walk away from the club if Foxes fans do not want his brand of football.
Maresca has led the Foxes to the top of the Championship – where they hold a ten-point lead over Ipswich Town.
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But despite looking certs to return to the Premier League at the first time of asking, the Italian coach’s methodical, possession-based tactics have not always gone down well with the King Power Stadium supporters.
Following Tuesday night’s 3-1 win over Swansea, Maresca made his feelings known after hearing groans among fans as they tried to build on an early lead.
He said: “I came to this club to play with this idea.
“The moment there is some doubt about the idea, I will leave the day after, it’s so clear.
“You can feel the fans when they’re not happy, some people take things for granted.”
Maresca joined Leicester in the summer after working with Pep Guardiola at Manchester City.
The gaffer – who hopes to land Inter Milan and Italy midfielder Stefano Sensi before the transfer window closes – added: “We have won 26 of 34 games this season, unbelievable, a huge number.
“The only thing I can say is that people think it’s easy, but it’s not.
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“Hopefully we can give our fans the right joy at the end of the season.”
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall opened the scoring on Tuesday night inside three minutes despite transfer speculation linking him with a big-money move back to the Premier League.
Brighton are very keen on the midfielder while Arsenal and Brentford continue to monitor the situation.
However, the Seagulls were put off making a late January deal with the Foxes demanding more than £35million for their academy graduate who is leading the club’s goalscoring and assists charts this term.
Leicester face Bournemouth in the FA Cup fifth round after the 2021 winners saw off Championship opponents Millwall and Birmingham to reach the last 16.
Leicester City’s Results & Fixtures
LAST FIVE GAMES
- Won 3-2 vs Millwall (A) – FA Cup
- Lost 3-1 vs Coventry (A) – Championship
- Drew 1-1 vs Ipswich (H) – Championship
- Won 3-0 vs Birmingham (H) – FA Cup
- Won 3-1 vs Swansea (H) – Championship
NEXT FIVE GAMES
- Swansea (A) – Sat 3 Feb, Championship
- Watford (A) – Sat 10 Feb, Championship
- Sheff Weds (H) – Tue 13 Feb, Championship
- Middlesbrough (H) – Sat 17 Feb, Championship
- Leeds (A) – Fri 23 Feb, Championship
