Who will Enzo Maresca bring with him to Man City? Guardiola coach, trusted ally, returning star

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Manchester City head coach Enzo Maresca will bring in his own backroom team as he replaces Pep Guardiola

Everything you need to know about Enzo Maresca’s backroom staff after Manchester City arrival:

1. Maresca has become the new City head coach with his arrival being confirmed earlier this week.
2. The Italian, who previously served as Pep Guardiola’s assistant, has signed a three-year deal at the Etihad Stadium.
3. City’s players who aren’t at the World Cup will report for pre-season on Monday, July 20. However, Maresca is already hard at work behind the scenes to get the Blues prepared for the new campaign.
4. Maresca is set to confirm his backroom team before the players return and it is expected he will appoint six new members of staff.
5. Manel Estiarte, Lorenzo Buenaventura, Xabi Mancisidor, Pep Lijnders and Kolo Toure all left City when Guardiola departed. However, set-piece coach James French, who joined from Liverpool last summer, remains from the Guardiola era.
6. Roberto Vitiello is the first name expected to join Maresca. He worked with the new manager at Chelsea and Leicester having played alongside him at Palermo in Italy.
7. A familiar face also set to return is Willy Caballero. He made 48 appearances for the Blues and played alongside Maresca at Malaga.
8. Danny Walker worked with Maresca during his days with the City academy. Maresca hired him at Chelsea and Leicester, meaning he could return to City this summer.
9. Goalkeeper coach Michele De Bernardin and fitness coach Marcos Alvarez first worked with Maresca at Parma. Javier Molina Caballero was also an analyst for the Italian club and worked with Maresca at Chelsea and Leicester.
10. All six men are currently out of work since Maresca left Chelsea in January. Read the full story here.