{"id":491962,"date":"2026-03-24T04:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T04:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/491962\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T04:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T04:18:08","slug":"chelsea-target-john-terry-as-interim-fix-and-ex-teammate-for-bigger-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/491962\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea target John Terry as \u2018interim fix\u2019 and ex-teammate for \u2018bigger picture\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea have identified John Terry as a potential interim manager should they decide to sack Liam Rosenior, according to a report, which has also revealed BlueCo\u2019s admiration for Cesc Fabregas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/liam-rosenior\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rosenior<\/a> was appointed the Chelsea manager only in January 2026, following the departure of Enzo Maresca.<\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old was in charge of Chelsea\u2019s sister club, Strasbourg, at the time, and BlueCo, which owns both of them, decided that an \u2018in-house\u2019 managerial appointment was the best course of action.<\/p>\n<p>Rosenior started his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/chelsea\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea\u2019s<\/a> managerial career well, but recent results have raised doubts about whether he is the right fit for the job long-term.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea were humiliated 8-2 on aggregate by Paris Saint-Germain in the last-16 of the Champions League and also lost 3-0 to Everton away from home in the Premier League at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues are in danger of missing out on the Premier League top five this season, and thereby Champions League football in the 2026\/27 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/premier-league-winners-losers-pereira-spurs-everton-liverpool-chelsea\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League winners and losers: Pereira, pre-break Spurs, Everton, Liverpool, \u00a3748.4m Chelsea<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsboom.com\/football\/transfer-news-rumours\/exclusive-chelsea-eyeing-up-old-boy-cesc-fbregas-is-they-give-underwhelming-liam-rosenior-the-chop\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Boom<\/a>, Chelsea are considering sacking Rosenior and already have club legend Terry in mind as \u2018a possible interim fix\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/john-terry\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terry<\/a> won the Premier League title and the FA Cup five times each with Chelsea, with whom he also clinched the Champions League and the Europa League once each.<\/p>\n<p>The former England international central defender is working as an Academy coach at Chelsea at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>While Terry would be a potential interim appointment, Sports Boom has claimed that BlueCo have identified another former star, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/cesc-fabregas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cesc Fabregas<\/a>, as the manager for the long term.<\/p>\n<p>Fabregas is in charge of Como at the moment, and the former Arsenal and Spain international midfielder is doing exceptionally well.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/best-premier-league-teams-never-win-trophy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal next? The best six Premier League teams never to win a trophy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Under Fabregas last season, Como finished 10th in Serie A and are currently fourth in the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Fabregas is the name in the frame for the bigger picture\u2019 at Chelsea, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Now 38, Fabregas was at Chelsea from 2014 until 2019, winning the Premier League title twice, and the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Europa League once each.<\/p>\n<p>While Sports Boom has claimed that \u2018Liam Rosenior is already on borrowed time\u2019 at Chelsea, reports elsewhere suggest that the Blues will not sack him anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/chelsea\/liam-rosenior-sack-news-decision-made-chelsea-board\" target=\"_blank\">TEAMtalk<\/a> has reported that Chelsea are fully behind Rosenior and have faith in him.<\/p>\n<p>The report has stated: \u2018There is a firm understanding internally at Chelsea that stepping into the role mid-season presents significant challenges, both in terms of implementing tactical ideas and managing a squad assembled with a different vision in mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Rather than panic amid a run of four consecutive defeats, Chelsea\u2019s stance is one of patience.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The club are keen for Rosenior to have a full pre-season to properly embed his philosophy, with confidence that a summer of work on the training ground will allow players to fully absorb his systems and approach.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/rosenior-sack-inevitable-as-woeful-chelsea-invite-everton-to-the-champions-league-scrap\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rosenior sack inevitable as woeful Chelsea invite Everton to the Champions League scrap<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea have identified John Terry as a potential interim manager should they decide to sack Liam Rosenior, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[22568,219,218,448,348,19676,107706,50,221,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-491962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-cesc-fabregas","tag-chelsea","tag-football","tag-front-page","tag-home-page","tag-john-terry","tag-liam-rosenior","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491962","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=491962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}