{"id":412205,"date":"2026-04-22T18:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/412205\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:59:08","slug":"chelsea-sack-rosenior-after-106-days-as-blueco-make-next-manager-vow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/412205\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea sack Rosenior after 106 days as BlueCo make next manager vow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea have sacked Liam Rosenior after just 106 days in charge on the back of five consecutive Premier League defeats without scoring a goal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/liam-rosenior\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rosenior<\/a> signed a six-and-a-half year deal in January after replacing Enzo Maresca at the helm.<\/p>\n<p>Recent reports have suggested his position would be reviewed at the end of the season, but Chelsea have confirmed they have \u2018parted company\u2019 with the former Hull City and Strasbourg boss on the back of a harrowing 3-0 defeat to Brighton on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>With Chelsea now seven points off Liverpool and Champions League qualification in fifth, and with the FA Cup semi-final with Leeds coming on Sunday, Calum McFarlane will return for a second interim stint of the season.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/top-ten-premier-league-managers-doomed-to-fail-chelsea-moyes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rosenior replaces Moyes at Manchester United in top 10 of Premier League managers doomed to fail<\/a><\/p>\n<p>McFarlane previously took the role following Maresca\u2019s departure on New Year\u2019s Day and oversaw the 1-1 draw with Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The Chelsea statement read:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Chelsea Football Club has today parted company with Head Coach Liam Rosenior.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018On behalf of everyone at Chelsea FC, we would like to place on record our gratitude to Liam and his staff for all their efforts during their time with the Club.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Liam has always conducted himself with the highest integrity and professionalism following his appointment midway through the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This has not been a decision the Club has taken lightly, however recent results and performances have fallen below the necessary standards with still so much more to play for this season. Everyone at Chelsea FC wishes Liam every success in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Calum McFarlane will take charge of the team as Interim Head Coach until the end of the season with support from existing Club backroom staff, as we strive to achieve European qualification and progress in the FA Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018As the Club works to bring stability to the Head Coach position, we will undertake a process of self-reflection to make the right long-term appointment.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-chelsea-change-direction-rosenior-sack-exposes-blueco-14-word-problem\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea \u2018change in direction\u2019 after Rosenior sack further exposes BlueCo as 14-word problem revealed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea have sacked Liam Rosenior after just 106 days in charge on the back of five consecutive Premier&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6898,914,42,127397,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-412205","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-chelsea","9":"tag-front-page","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-liam-rosenior","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-top-news","14":"tag-top-stories","15":"tag-topnews","16":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412205","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=412205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}