"Heading into the new season, at least from the outside looking in, Maresca's job appeared one of the safest in the country. He had led the club to a top-four Premier League finish which, more pertinently, booked Chelsea's return to the Champions League. Then later in the summer, Maresca masterminded the club's triumph at the Fifa Club World Cup, becoming the competition's inaugural winners in its new format."
"However, as things stand, there is no significant concern at Stamford Bridge over the side's early season malaise, with BBC Sport sources indicating Maresca continues to hold the club's full confidence heading into a high-profile week. There is a sense behind the scenes at Chelsea that some of the negativity towards their start has been an over-reaction."
Chelsea faces a high-profile week with Jose Mourinho returning to Stamford Bridge with Benfica and defending champions Liverpool visiting at the weekend. Enzo Maresca has had one win in five matches, the solitary victory coming in the Carabao Cup, despite earlier achievements including a top-four Premier League finish and winning the Fifa Club World Cup in the competition's new format. Chelsea sit eighth in the table, seven points behind leaders. The club maintains full confidence in Maresca, citing disrupted pre-season and added Champions League workload as reasons for early-season undulations and viewing some negativity as over-reaction.
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