Enzo Maresca left the club just three days before Chelsea face Pep Guardiola’s Premier League title challengers.

It was on Thursday lunchtime that the Italian’s departure was formally announced, and around the same time, one of Chelsea’s sporting directors rang under-21 head coach Calum McFarlane to ask him to take charge of the team’s away match against Manchester City on Sunday.

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Cucurella is the only natural left-back in the Chelsea squad, so is under pressure to play a lot of minutes for the Blues, but caretaker manager Calum McFarlane — who is in charge against City following Enzo Maresca’s departure — has not yet been given final confirmation over whether Cucurella can return against City at the Etihad.

Ahead of the Manchester City vs Chelsea match, Pep Guardiola reacted to the departure of the Italian head coach. Guardiola worked with Maresca at Manchester City before the Italian head coach became a manager for Leicester City and then Chelsea. Guardiola makes it clear that Maresca is an excellent manager whom Chelsea lost, and praises him.