04/09/2026
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🗣️Maresca: “Marc [Guehi] was already captain with [Crystal] Palace, he has experience. Gigio [Donnarumma] is captain of the [Italy] national team, he has experience. These are the four captains.
🗣️"But I was also thinking about Phil [Foden] because Phil is one of the guys from the house. He's not in that group, but for me, he's also one of the captains, one player that belongs to that group..."
🗣️Maresca on Phil Foden: “I think Phil's best position is the middle but he's doing an effort to help because for the first two games we didn't have options in the wide area because Jeremy [Doku] was injured.
🗣️"No doubt Phil's position in the middle is much better but I'm very, very happy with Phil since day one. He's working very good, even when he played wide the last two games he was good, you can see inside the pitch he's much better.
🗣️"But at the end Phil is going to play different positions because he's good and good players can play different positions..."
🗣️Maresca on Enzo Fernandez's Man City role: “As a six or also number eight, arriving in the box, it depends a little. With me at Chelsea he scored lots arriving from the second line, so it depends. We're going to use him in different positions... I see Enzo as a six, a little more deep, or a little higher arriving in the box. [It] Depends a little what we need for the game and we're going to use him in different positions..."
🗣️Maresca on whether Enzo Fernandez will be affected by his £125M price: “I already told many times: Don't judge players based on how much the club pays, not just Man City, all clubs. Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, all. Don't judge players on that, it's not correct. Enzo is a fantastic player. It's a winner mentality, what we need, full of energy..."
🗣️Maresca: "Elliot [Anderson], Enzo [Fernandez] and Ayyoub Bouaddi, we knew we needed to change something and also they're quite young, all of them, so full of energy. No doubt it depends a little on the game plan we have, but no doubt these three are going to be main players for us..."
🗣️Maresca on Enzo Fernandez: "He knows how to win and when you want to compete or win it's much more important when you have players who already know how to do that than players who never have done. Enzo is not the only one, this squad has many who know how to win titles, how to compete - this is what we were looking for..."
🗣️Maresca on whether it feels like a new beginning at Man City: “The club is aware, the players are aware, and the coaching staff is aware it's the beginning of a new project, something new. The most important when you start something is you see the team is better in October than September, in November than October..."
🗣️Maresca on the changes at Man City this summer: “I can see it. It's our team. The main target now for me is to see how players improve day after day, game after game - that's most important. It's something we've done the last games but it's just the beginning of the Premier League and we have many more games we need to do the right things..."
🎙️.Jamie Jackson___: "Hi Enzo, did you find it funny that Enzo Fernandez said that finally he's joined a big club? As if to sort of say that Chelsea's sort of like a small, tiny club?"
🗣️Maresca: “No, I think Enzo Fernandez, he was already in a big club like Chelsea and he's happy to be with us now..."
🎙️Jackson: "Joined a bigger club, maybe? Is City sort of a bigger club than Chelsea?"
🗣️Maresca: "Again, same answer. I think Chelsea is a big club and City is a big club..."✅
