Leicester City don't want to become a 'yo-yo team' - Balaguepublished at 11:15 14 May
Image source, Getty ImagesEnzo Maresca has made quite the start to management in English football, after taking charge of Leicester City and lifting them to a Championship title and a record-breaking season.
The Italian boss picked up 36 wins from 53 games in all competitions this term, and now a number of clubs are said to be interested in prising the 44-year-old away from King Power Stadium.
Former Leicester City winger Matt Piper has been discussing why there is so much interest in Maresca on the When You're Smiling podcast: "The difficulty I have is that Enzo's stock, at the minute, will never be higher. He's come into one of the most difficult leagues in the world and won it at the first time of asking.
"So there are going to be a lot of suitors and people looking at Enzo.
"If he thinks that he cannot be competitive in the Premier League next season, that will be a huge disaster for someone who looks like they're going to have a bright career in management.
"Look at Vincent Kompany's stock right now. If you look deeper into the situation at Burnley, they just didn't invest in any players. So now you're looking at him and thinking about whether he is going to get another top job immediately.
"The answer is no. He is going to have to go and prove himself again somewhere else. But, at the minute, Enzo's stock is very high."
BBC Sport columnist Guillem Balague also joined the podcast to discuss what the manager might want to change this summer, after a reported lack of communication when he joined the Foxes: "He wasn't happy with what happened with [Stefano] Sensi and [Cesare] Casadei. He wasn't happy with the January window.
"He didn't know about the financial situation when he started - so it is logical that he will be frustrated about that.
"The main thing, I feel, is that you normally get the same people making decisions in the offices, but they were the decisions that brought Leicester City down to the Championship. If you want to stay in the Premier League, you're going to need more people doing that job.
"I'm not even saying they need better people or different people - I'm sure Enzo would like everyone who is already there to continue working - but they need more people to make everything stronger at office level.
"Other things will happen with players coming in and out, and everything else, but the main thing will be whether the foundations of Leicester City are strong enough in the Premier League, so that they don't become a 'yo-yo team'.
"They do have enough there - the fanbase, the stadium, the facilities - it is a Premier League club, isn't it? But decisions will have to be taken in that direction I think."
