{"id":230181,"date":"2026-01-06T10:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T10:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/230181\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T10:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T10:01:07","slug":"liam-rosenior-confirms-he-is-heading-to-chelsea-as-head-coach-from-strasbourg-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/230181\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Rosenior confirms he is heading to Chelsea as head coach from Strasbourg | Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Liam Rosenior says he has \u201cverbally agreed\u201d a contract to take over as Chelsea\u2019s head coach, describing the opportunity to replace Enzo Maresca at Stamford Bridge as one he could not turn down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Rosenior is leaving Strasbourg for Chelsea, their partner club, after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/jan\/04\/liam-rosenior-arrives-in-london-to-discuss-taking-over-as-chelsea-manager\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">holding talks over the role<\/a> on Monday. He said at a Strasbourg press conference on Tuesday: \u201cI haven\u2019t signed yet, I have agreed verbally with Chelsea. It\u2019s really important, this is different to anything anyone has ever done \u2013 nobody has made a statement before they have signed a contract.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cEverything is agreed and it will probably go through in the next few hours. I\u2019m here because I care about this club and I felt it was right to answer your questions physically here today before I move on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">After Maresca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/jan\/01\/enzo-maresca-leaves-chelsea-breakdown-relations\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">departed Stamford Bridge<\/a> in acrimonious circumstances last week, Rosenior immediately became the leading contender. But the move was held up by BlueCo, the investment vehicle that owns Chelsea and Strasbourg, needing to be sensitive to the requirements of both clubs. Strasbourg are looking to finalise a new manager, with Gary O\u2019Neil in the running.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThe last 18 months have been a joy and the best of my professional career,\u201d Rosenior said of his time at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/strasbourg\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Strasbourg<\/a>. \u201cI have met some incredible people and created some incredible memories and made history. None of that happens without the investment of our ownership and hard work of our president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cI have had interest from many clubs, including Champions League clubs, which I have always been open with to [our president] Marc [Keller] and our ownership. I will love this club for the rest of my life but I cannot turn down Chelsea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Rosenior, who leaves Strasbourg with his young side seventh in Ligue 1, has longstanding relationships with three of Chelsea\u2019s five sporting directors. The former Hull manager is regarded as a bright prospect and there will not have to be a major tactical shift away from Maresca\u2019s template. Chelsea, who are fifth in the Premier League, visit Fulham on Wednesday. They host the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final against Arsenal next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cI am so excited about the future,\u201d Rosenior said. \u201cI have worked my whole life to be a coach and manage a world-class football club. That does bring sadness for what I am leaving behind. This is emotional as it is my last day and time I wake up as a Strasbourg manager.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Rosenior said two of his assistants, Kalifa Ciss\u00e9 and Justin Walker, and Strasbourg\u2019s head of analysis, Ben Warner, would come with him to Chelsea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liam Rosenior says he has \u201cverbally agreed\u201d a contract to take over as Chelsea\u2019s head coach, describing the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-230181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}