{"id":411750,"date":"2026-04-22T12:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/411750\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:47:07","slug":"chelsea-eye-five-managers-to-replace-rosenior-maybe-just-choose-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/411750\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea eye &#8216;five managers&#8217; to replace Rosenior; maybe just choose one?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liam Rosenior is understandably in the crosshairs after Chelsea\u2019s defeat at Brighton on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s also manager updates from Liverpool, a transfer story about Manchester United that is not in fact about Manchester United, and a refreshingly laid-back Pep Guardiola despite a Man City injury crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and a pun so bad it\u2019s actually made us ill.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Panic on the streets of London<\/p>\n<p>Spurs, Arsenal and Chelsea are all now firmly in crisis mode as the run-in intensifies, with ongoing potential for West Ham to reacquire that status. What a time to be alive. As the saying so very nearly goes, when a man is tired of London football clubs in crisis, he is tired of life.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/the-philosophy-guff-of-liam-rosenior-ageing-men-respecting-the-ball-and-never-limiting-limitlessness\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn Liam<\/a> very much today\u2019s focus, of course, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-rosenior-sack-surely-imminent-chelsea-chiefs-should-follow-588-5m-reasons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">after last night\u2019s genuinely horrific defeat at Brighton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Express, always a steady, rational voice of calm and reason in even the most troubled times, have the solution.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea can appoint five managers this week to rescue season after Liam Rosenior disaster<\/p>\n<p>To be honest, we really think and would strongly recommend that they should just pick one. Even by Chelsea standards, five managers in a week is just clearly far too many. They are fools to have even considered it.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Missing words round<\/p>\n<p>Another cracking edition of everyone\u2019s* favourite almost daily quiz, courtesy of the Daily Mirror.<\/p>\n<p>How Liverpool could line up under Fernando Torres as he\u2019s backed to \u2018definitely\u2019 be new boss<\/p>\n<p>The all-important words for which there was, alas, no space to be found at all are this time \u2018by Fernando Llorente\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s bonus content today, you lucky people. This one\u2019s for the really seasoned headline watchers among you. What else do you notice that\u2019s slightly odd about the phrasing of that headline?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s right \u2013 \u2018new boss\u2019. Doesn\u2019t say next boss, does it? Heavily implies next boss, especially with its \u2018How Liverpool could line up\u2019 hook, but doesn\u2019t actually say it.<\/p>\n<p>Which is despicably clever because, and you\u2019ll be way ahead of us by now, Llorente didn\u2019t say next boss. He said:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Fernando Torres as Liverpool manager one day? Definitely.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He is not at all saying Torres will or even should replace Arne Slot.<\/p>\n<p>Yet here the Mirror are using that \u2018definitely\u2019 to show us how the current squad for next season could line up under Torres.<\/p>\n<p>The answer to which is: much like they could under any other manager, with the only significant changes being Dominik Szoboszlai moving to Mo Salah\u2019s old perch on the right and confirmed new arrival Jeremy Jacquet taking Virgil van Dijk\u2019s starting place. Which we\u2019re a bit less sure about, but doesn\u2019t in any case seem like it would be a specifically Torres move.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Three is the magic number<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/premier-league\/table\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester City are all set to go top of the Premier League tonight<\/a> when they face almost-relegated Burnley, but don\u2019t give up just yet, Arsenal fans, for there is a twist afoot.<\/p>\n<p>Three Man City stars ruled out of Burnley clash as Pep Guardiola confirms injury blow<\/p>\n<p>About time someone else got the injury crisis, eh? But let\u2019s look into these three setbacks.<\/p>\n<p>The first two are Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol, both of whom were already injured and neither of whom anyone had expected to return against Burnley.<\/p>\n<p>The third is Rodri and, listen, fair play, this is at least a new injury and to another player who qualifies for \u2018star\u2019 status<\/p>\n<p>But what did Guardiola actually say about him?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he will not be ready for tomorrow and we will see for the next games. Maybe [he will be back for] the semi-final with Southampton or in 12 or 13 days against\u00a0Everton.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So two already ruled-out stars still ruled out, and one new one not actually entirely but probably ruled out. For a game that is, it must be stressed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/premier-league\/table\/form-table\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">against a Burnley side that has now managed to drop below even Spurs in the form table<\/a>. Maybe don\u2019t restart the parade planning just yet, Gunners.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola mused<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola himself doesn\u2019t seem too worried about that mounting injury crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Regular readers will know Mediawatch does enjoy a pithy, succinct Daily Mail headline but we might have a new favourite.<\/p>\n<p>Why composed Pep Guardiola is more relaxed than ever despite the weight of history resting on his shoulders as his Man City juggernaut chases down Arsenal, writes JACK GAUGHAN<\/p>\n<p>Did Jack Gaughan write this, or was it actually Pep Guardiola? Put\u2026 \u2018Guardiola is refreshingly laid-back for a man with such responsibility\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>And that headline is absolutely not writing cheques the copy can\u2019t cash.<\/p>\n<p>But as the microphone moved on to the next question, his inquisitive nature took over. He asked for further explanation, leaning over the desk to listen properly.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola mused and then replied\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And it goes on like this. Here\u2019s just one gigantic adoring paragraph among so, so many.<\/p>\n<p>The eve of City\u2019s trip to east Lancashire, the 31 miles north to\u00a0Burnley, felt like Guardiola delivering a sermon on how he has won six of these things already. He\u2019s cracking wise about Arsenal\u2019s past, he\u2019s saying that he feels nerveless heading into the final six matches of this campaign. He\u2019s offering why City remain level-headed, while telling his players to continue celebrating wildly despite criticism from\u00a0Wayne Rooney. His performance in front of the cameras on Tuesday portrayed both a man in touch with the emotions attached to the run-in and capable of leaving doubt at the door.<\/p>\n<p>Pep quipped\u2026 and, well, you get the idea with that. And that.<\/p>\n<p>We will never tire of journalists placing so much emphasis and importance on what managers do and say in press conferences or indeed how they do and say it. Guardiola is obviously doing pretty well right now in the more humdrum arena of actual football as well, sure, but that\u2019s far from mandatory.<\/p>\n<p>As long as your presser performances remain up to scratch, you can get away with almost anything on the pitch. Look at how much water the media carried \u2013 and continue to carry \u2013 for Thomas Frank this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Flop<\/p>\n<p>Clever stuff here from the Daily Express. Obviously there are going to be a host of stories about Spurs players leaving the club this summer, but how to make a rumour linking one of them with a move to Turkey really stand out from the crowd?<\/p>\n<p>Like this, of course.<\/p>\n<p>Pape Matar Sarr\u2019s agents \u2018contacted\u2019 as Tottenham star lined-up to replace Man Utd flop<\/p>\n<p>Fred, who left Old Trafford in 2023, is the \u2018Man Utd flop\u2019 in question and thus Fenerbahce the team doing the reported lining up and\/or contacting in a story that has absolutely nothing to do with Manchester United whatsoever but does manage to get their name into both the headline and URL. Fancy that.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leicer of two evils<\/p>\n<p>We have absolutely nothing constructive to say about or add to this Sun pun on Leicester\u2019s downfall.<\/p>\n<p>LESS &amp; LEIC<\/p>\n<p>Other than to note that we\u2019ve been looking at it for about 37 minutes and can now feel a migraine coming on.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>*No-one\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liam Rosenior is understandably in the crosshairs after Chelsea\u2019s defeat at Brighton on Tuesday night. 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