{"id":360566,"date":"2026-01-09T08:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/360566\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T08:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:35:09","slug":"liam-rosenior-calls-up-unseen-chelsea-18-year-old-ahead-of-charlton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/360566\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Rosenior calls up unseen Chelsea 18-year-old ahead of Charlton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Liam Rosenior has shown he isn\u2019t afraid to call upon youth ahead of his first game in charge of Chelsea. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a>\u2018s FA Cup journey kicks off on Saturday evening against London rivals Charlton Athletic. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019ll be interesting to see what kind of side <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/liam-rosenior\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Rosenior<\/a> picks in his first game for the Blues, given that there\u2019s an important clash with Arsenal coming up in the Carabao Cup. <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/match-coverage\/chelsea-predicted-xi-vs-charlton-as-liam-rosenior-takes-first-big-risk-as-blues-manager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">predicted Chelsea\u2019s XI to face Charlton<\/a> and believe that he\u2019ll turn to Alejandro Garnacho, Jamie Gittens, and Estevao Willian as his young attackers.<\/p>\n<p>With Enzo Maresca no longer at the helm, it\u2019s a great opportunity for some of the fringe players and youngsters to really stake a claim under Rosenior. <\/p>\n<p> Chelsea have lost three consecutive FA Cup finals! \ud83d\ude33 <\/p>\n<p>    2022: Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool (Liverpool win 6-5 on penalties)2021: Chelsea 0-1 Leicester City2020: Arsenal 2-1 Chelsea<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re now in Liam Rosenior\u2019s shoes. Do you go strong in the competition this year or play a weakened side? Let us know below!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/liam-rosenior-fa-cup-trophy-1767878078343-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Strasbourg manager Liam Rosenior with hands in pocket and FA Cup trophy on display\" class=\"wp-image-343935\" \/>Credit: Frederic DIDES \/ AFP\/James Gill \u2013 Danehouse 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>   Jesse Derry spotted in Chelsea training <\/p>\n<p>Liam Rosenior gave younger players like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/chelsea-make-mike-penders-decision-after-appointing-liam-rosenior-as-manager\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Penders and Emanuel Emegha a chance at Strasbourg<\/a>, and it paid off big time for him, so the same approach will likely be adopted at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea fans will be eager to see Estevao Willian under Rosenior after missing out on a place last time out against Fulham, with plenty to prove under his new boss. <\/p>\n<p>But it seems as if it\u2019s a Cobham wonderkid who could be set to leave his mark against Charlton, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/jesse-derry\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jesse Derry<\/a> has been spotted in training images. <\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old is yet to make his debut in the first team, but he has made a massive impact this season for Calum McFarlane\u2019s U21s and in the UEFA Youth League.<\/p>\n<p>Netting 10 goals across all competitions this season, as well as scoring a hat-trick for England U19s in November 2025, and recently scored the winner in a 2-1 London Derby against Arsenal U21s.<\/p>\n<p>          Jesse Derry spotted in Chelsea training ahead of Charlton \ud83d\udc40 <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Which Cobham youngsters do you want to see given a chance under Rosenior?<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2254661537-1024x819.jpg\" alt=\"Chelsea Training Session\" class=\"wp-image-344036\" \/>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>   Shim Mheuka and Reggie Walsh were also spotted in training<\/p>\n<p>Both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/shumaira-mheuka\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shim Mheuka<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/reggie-walsh\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reggie Walsh<\/a> have already appeared in the first team at Chelsea under Enzo Maresca. <\/p>\n<p>The former has already featured this season, most notably coming off the bench in the Carabao Cup 3rd Round win over Lincoln City in September.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/reggie-walsh-makes-chelsea-history-as-he-destroys-dominic-solanke-record\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Walsh made history last season as the third-youngest player<\/a> to ever represent Chelsea, making his debut in the UEFA Conference League at age 16. And this year, he has taken a massive step forward. His Champions League debut came in October 2025 during the 5-1 win over Ajax. <\/p>\n<p>Both will be looking to work their way into the permanent plans of Rosenior.<\/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 has shown he isn\u2019t afraid to call upon youth ahead of his first game in charge&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,138294,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-360566","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-jesse-derry","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360566","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=360566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}