{"id":359594,"date":"2026-01-08T20:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/359594\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T20:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T20:31:11","slug":"behdad-eghbali-grants-liam-rosenior-his-first-big-request-as-chelsea-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/359594\/","title":{"rendered":"Behdad Eghbali grants Liam Rosenior his first big request as Chelsea manager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Liam Rosenior will be looking to put his own imprint on things at Chelsea following the departure of Enzo Maresca.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> board certainly didn\u2019t make life easy for Enzo Maresca, as details of disputes surfaced after his exit. <\/p>\n<p>It was claimed that there was a disagreement with the medical team due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/chelsea-sources-claim-liam-rosenior-can-do-two-key-things-that-enzo-maresca-didnt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maresca ignoring their advice on players like Cole Palmer<\/a> amid his fitness issues.<\/p>\n<p>          Chelsea fans plan protest after Enzo Maresca exit \ud83d\ude2c <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">How do you feel about BlueCo after this week&#8217;s news?<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2231467520-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Todd Boehly, Paul Winstanley and Behdad Eghbali during Chelsea's Premier League match against Crystal Palace.\" class=\"wp-image-332541\" \/>Photo by Robin Jones\/Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>You can see the argument from both sides. If Palmer isn\u2019t fit, then there\u2019s no point in risking him, but at the end of the day, a final decision comes down to the player and the manager. <\/p>\n<p>This is something that we are sure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/liam-rosenior\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Rosenior<\/a> will encounter at Chelsea, but for now, everything seems to be going smoothly, having made his first request. <\/p>\n<p>Chelsea chiefs allow Calum McFarlane to become Liam Rosenior\u2019s assistant manager<\/p>\n<p>There had been plenty of question marks over who should become Liam Rosenior\u2019s assistant manager at Chelsea, and it\u2019s finally been revealed. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/calum-mcfarlane\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Calum McFarlane<\/a> has done a sterling job of rallying the troops after Enzo Maresca\u2019s sacking, which was evidenced by the spirited performance in the 1-1 draw with Manchester City. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/john-terry-gives-behind-the-scenes-verdict-about-calum-mcfarlane-after-working-with-chelsea-interim-manager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Terry even had positive things to say about McFarlane<\/a>, having seen him behind the scenes at Chelsea, so you can\u2019t knock the appointment.<\/p>\n<p>But it all stemmed from Rosenior.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/unQOQiPiDd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Daily Mail<\/a> states that the new Chelsea boss requested to have McFarlane as his new assistant manager after being impressed with his performances. <\/p>\n<p>          John Obi Mikel questions whether Chelsea have hired the right man\u2026\ud83d\ude2c <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Do you agree?<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/TCC-2-1-819x1024.png\" alt=\"John Obi Mikel on Liam Rosenior's appointment\" class=\"wp-image-343857\" \/>Photo by Darren Walsh\/Chelsea FC via Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>     Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Chelsea content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liam Rosenior will be looking to put his own imprint on things at Chelsea following the departure of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[72558,135705,218,107706,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-359594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-behdad-eghbali","tag-calum-mcfarlane","tag-football","tag-liam-rosenior","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}