{"id":388104,"date":"2026-01-04T18:34:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/388104\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T18:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:34:16","slug":"liam-rosenior-flies-from-strasbourg-to-london-as-chelsea-move-accelerates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/388104\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Rosenior flies from Strasbourg to London as Chelsea move accelerates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liam Rosenior\u2019s imminent move to Chelsea has taken a decisive step forward after the Strasbourg head coach boarded a flight from Alsace to London on Sunday afternoon, according to a report from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lequipe.fr\/Football\/Actualites\/Attendu-sur-le-banc-de-chelsea-liam-rosenior-a-embarque-depuis-strasbourg-pour-londres\/1631116\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:L\u2019\u00c9quipe.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> L\u2019\u00c9quipe.<\/a> Despite publicly playing down links with the Premier League club following Strasbourg\u2019s 0\u20130 draw away at Nice on Saturday night, negotiations between Chelsea and Rosenior were significantly more advanced than he suggested.<\/p>\n<p>While Rosenior returned to Strasbourg overnight with his squad, he later travelled to London separately, accompanied by Racing Club de Strasbourg president Marc Keller and sporting director David Weir.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the match in Nice, Rosenior had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getfootballnewsfrance.com\/2026\/ive-been-privileged-to-be-manager-of-this-football-club-chelsea-target-liam-rosenior-hints-at-imminent-strasbourg-exit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:attempted to dampen speculation;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">attempted to dampen speculation<\/a> over his future. \u201cThere is nothing concrete, maybe some interest. Until now, I haven\u2019t discussed anything with Chelsea. I always tell the truth and try never to hide things,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, sources indicate that Rosenior is now expected in west London in the coming hours, with a contract yet to be formally signed. If finalised swiftly, L\u2019\u00c9quipe report that the 41-year-old could take charge of Chelsea as early as Wednesday evening, when the Blues travel to Fulham for a London derby.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getfootballnewsfrance.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:GFFN;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">GFFN <\/a>| George Boxall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liam Rosenior\u2019s imminent move to Chelsea has taken a decisive step forward after the Strasbourg head coach boarded&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[164748,49,48,562,59304,164746,17727,4472,574,164747,561,82,11705],"class_list":["post-388104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-boxall","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chelsea","tag-fulham","tag-imminent-move","tag-liam-rosenior","tag-london","tag-premier-league","tag-racing-club-de-strasbourg","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-strasbourg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}