Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior has admitted he does not know what penalties the Blues will face in the event that they fail to qualify for the Champions League.
Rosenior’s facet misplaced but extra floor within the race for the highest 5 as they suffered a 1-0 defeat at dwelling to Manchester United.
The consequence leaves Chelsea 10 factors behind the Crimson Devils within the desk, and 4 behind fifth-placed Liverpool forward of their Merseyside derby with Everton.
Previous to the sport, Cole Palmer claimed to haven’t any plans to go away Stamford Bridge and instructed that qualifying for Europe’s elite competitors “is a good position to sign players that we need.”
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Liam Rosenior mentioned he wasn’t shocked by rumours linking Cole Palmer away from Chelsea earlier within the season
Nevertheless, failure to be within the Champions League this season couldn’t solely impression the incomings subsequent summer time, but in addition the outgoings. And Rosenior admitted he did not know the way lacking out on the competitors will change the course of plans shifting ahead.
“The honest answer is I don’t know,” Rosenior mentioned in his post-match press convention.
“The honest answer is we’re still fighting and we will address that situation at the end of the season, whatever the situation is.”
What Palmer mentioned about Champions League qualifcation
Palmer was requested about his future in west London throughout an interview with The Guardian, the place he performed down strategies that he may look to go away the membership.
Nevertheless, he additionally burdened the significance of needing to qualify for the Champions League with the intention to safe the gamers wanted to enhance the group and assist them obtain their long-term targets.
“I’ve got no plans to move from Chelsea. We’ve still got a lot to play for,” he mentioned.
Cole Palmer has mentioned that Chelsea qualifying for the Champions League will put them in a great place
“We’ve got the FA Cup semi-final [against Leeds] and if we finish in a Champions League spot it puts us in a good position to sign players that we need.
“We spoke to the homeowners they usually’re certain of the gamers which can be gonna do it. Reece will not signal a six-year contract if he is not spoken to the homeowners and the administrators.
“Me and Reece [James] spoke a lot. About things we need, players we need to sign and how things need to be. He wouldn’t sign a new contract if he didn’t know what was going on.
“The supervisor is nice and when he has a correct pre-season and will get his concepts throughout correctly and the best way he needs to play he is a prime coach.”
Rosenior says Champions League ‘mountain’ not ‘insurmountable’
With simply 5 Premier League video games left to go, Chelsea can be counting on the likes of Liverpool and Aston Villa slipping up with the intention to climb again into the Champions League locations.
Nevertheless, with stress from the likes of Brentford, Bournemouth, Brighton and Everton behind them, there’s each probability the Blues may slip additional down the desk if they do not flip their type round.
The Blues have six of their final seven video games within the Premier League, together with their final 4. They’ve additionally failed to attain in these final 4 video games, their worst run since 1912.
Nevertheless, Rosenior believes there’s nonetheless an opportunity they will qualify for Europe’s elite competitors.
“It gives us a mountain to climb,” he added.
“It’s not insurmountable. We have to go into Brighton with an idea that we have to win that game and kick-start the rest of our season.”
