Report: Manuel Pellegrini chooses Enzo Maresca as West Ham assistant

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Former West Brom ace Enzo Maresca is heading back to England with Premier League outfit West Ham United.

Two years after being shoved out by Manchester City to make way for Pep Guardiola, Manuel Pellegrini has returned to English football.

The 64-year-old has been announced as the successor to David Moyes at the London Stadium, signing a three-year contract worth up to £10 million a year which makes him one of the best paid managers in English football, according to the Evening Standard.

And it seems that Pellegrini has already chosen his assistant.

According to Sky Italia, Enzo Maresca will follow the Chilean to the English capital – a man Pellegrini knows very well.

The Italian, now 38 years of age, spent the 2011/12 season under Pellegrini at Malaga, scoring nine goals in 19 games as the club qualified for the Champions League for the first time in their history after finishing fourth in La Liga.

Maresca also played for Juventus, Fiorentina and Sevilla during a lengthy playing career and, strangely enough, started his professional journey at West Brom back in 1998. The former midfielder worked as an assistant coach at Sevilla recently alongside the now-deaprted Vincenzo Montella.

And obviously Pellegrini saw a sharp tactical mind in Maresca during their time together at Malaga because it seems that he is set to return to England, 18 years after he left West Brom for Juventus.