Chelsea head coach newest: Strasbourg boss Liam Rosenior set for job interview

Liam Rosenior is about to be the following Chelsea head coach, barring any last-minute points.

Rosenior will meet the Chelsea sporting management workforce on Monday, with a view to changing Enzo Maresca, who left Stamford Bridge on January 1.

Strasbourg president Marc Keller and sporting director David Weir are additionally flying to London for talks with BlueCo, who personal Chelsea and the French membership. They plan to interview replacements for Rosenior and have a last shortlist of three candidates.

Former Wolves and Bournemouth boss Gary O’Neil is on that shortlist, having been out of labor since leaving Wolves in December 2024 after efficiently retaining them within the Premier League the season earlier than.

Chelsea need to transfer rapidly and an appointment might be made in time for his or her recreation at Fulham on Wednesday, stay on Sky Sports activities.

Calum McFarlane took cost of Chelsea for his or her go to to the Etihad Stadium and guided them to a 1-1 draw towards Man Metropolis because of a late equaliser from Enzo Fernandez.

Talking after the sport, McFarlane stated: “Once I initially took over I used to be informed I’d take the Man Metropolis recreation and there is a likelihood the brand new supervisor is perhaps in on Monday, that is what I used to be informed initially.

“It’s Sunday now, we’ve been solely focused on the game. For all I know, the new manager will be in shortly and I will lead the team until he’s in.”

Sky Sports activities Information beforehand reported that Rosenior was the main candidate for the function, with the membership unlikely to pursue Oliver Glasner, Cesc Fabregas, Andoni Iraola or Roberto De Zerbi.

Rosenior performed for Bristol Metropolis, Fulham, Studying, Hull Metropolis and Brighton throughout a 16-year taking part in profession.

After hanging up his boots in 2018, Rosenior virtually guided Hull to the Championship play-offs in 2024 after which turned head coach of Strasbourg, who’re owned by Chelsea’s father or mother firm BlueCo. The French membership completed seventh in Ligue 1 final season.

Maresca is known to have stepped down as a result of he felt his place was untenable, whereas Chelsea have been already contemplating sacking the top coach attributable to poor outcomes, his feedback within the media, disagreements with the medical workforce and studies linking him with different golf equipment.

Carra: I do not see Rosenior making large affect at Chelsea

Sky Sports activities’ Jamie Carragher:

“I was a big fan of Enzo Marescsa as a manager. When he came up against some of the biggest managers in this league, he more than held his own. But I could see this coming: you can’t start speaking out of turn at any club, but especially Chelsea who have so many sporting directors.

“As quickly because the outcomes began to deteriorate in the previous few weeks, he did not flip up at a press convention, this was inevitable.

“Now Maresca’s gone, the focus will be on the club and the ownership. I’ve been quite critical of the way they’ve gone about it over the last three-and-a-half years.

“For those who have a look at the timeline of managers: they inherited Thomas Tuchel, a Champions League-winning supervisor. It now seems to be like they are going to inherit Liam Rosenior, who has managed Derby, Hull and Strasbourg.

“It’s a great opportunity for him, but Chelsea Football Club and their supporters are not used to those appointments. They are used to Jose Mourinho, Guus Hiddink, Antonio Conte – big-name managers coming to make a huge impact on their club. I don’t see Rosenior doing that.

“I do not assume it is an appointment that’s going to push Chelsea on to win the Premier League or a Champions League title.”

Is an inexperienced supervisor the best match for an inexperienced Chelsea workforce?

Sky Sports activities’ Gary Neville:

“You genuinely can’t win anything with kids. That’s a fact. Alan Hansen was absolutely right.

“Chelsea want some expertise in and across the membership.

“If you have young players on the pitch I also think you need an experienced manager. But it looks like they are going to appoint another young manager again. I just think young players need some authority and guidance around them.”

Who’s Liam Rosenior?

You’d have gotten good odds on Rosenior changing into Chelsea head coach inside two years when he was unceremoniously sacked by Hull in Could 2024.

However simply as Strasbourg has turn out to be considerably of a feeder membership for BlueCo to develop gamers earlier than shifting them throughout to Chelsea, it seems they’ve determined to do the identical for the administration workforce too.

A membership realistically craving for a return to difficult for Premier League and Champions League titles might not make such a transfer, however that is the mannequin Chelsea wish to undertake. Maresca’s last line-up was the youngest named by any Premier League workforce all season, and now his potential successor would turn out to be the third-youngest supervisor within the division.

That doesn’t imply Rosenior joins with out expertise. He has managed over 150 matches and spent three years as a coach beforehand too. Greater than sufficient to delve into his administration model and taking part in philosophy.

His managed, passing model on the ball has developed at Strasbourg to include a better press off it – the sixth-best in Ligue 1 this season – and wouldn’t require any important uprooting of Maresca’s philosophies ought to he take to the coaching pitches quickly.

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