Liam Rosenior arrived at Chelsea in January on a six-and-a-half-year deal and was dismissed just 106 days later. His brief time in charge was overwhelmed by problems that had their roots before he walked through the door.<\/p>\n
Support for Enzo Maresca after his exit left Rosenior inheriting a fractured atmosphere. Fans believed the ownership group were too intrusive, with co-owner Behdad Eghbali, co-sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart and recruitment chiefs Joe Shields and Sam Jewell singled out for interfering in coaching. That produced sympathy for Maresca and a sense that any successor would struggle unless he was an undisputed star; Rosenior arrived from sister-side Strasbourg and was, in many eyes, another face of the project.<\/p>\n
The influx of staff tied to BlueCo unsettled supporters and the playing group. Rosenior, known to Winstanley from their time at Brighton & Hove Albion, was painted as a \u201cBlueCo guy.\u201d His media style attracted mockery and the nickname \u201cLinkedIn Liam.\u201d He used phrases such as “respecting the ball”, argued the future “does not exist until you get there”, insisted he would not “limit limitless” and even split the word “manage” in two to define management as helping men age. The boss said he did not see the taunts as he is too old for such platforms.<\/p>\n
Leaks compounded the issue. Team information appeared on social media ahead of both legs of the Champions League quarterfinal against Paris Saint-Germain, and in his final game a barber connected to Marc Cucurella revealed that Jo\u00e3o Pedro and Cole Palmer would miss the 3\u20130 defeat to Brighton.<\/p>\n
Senior players undermined Rosenior. Cucurella publicly criticized the club over Maresca\u2019s departure, Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez openly flirted with Real Madrid and faced an internal two-game suspension, and Trevoh Chalobah publicly defended the dressing room after Rosenior described an “unacceptable” lack of effort.<\/p>\n
On the field results worsened. March\u2019s 5\u20132 defeat to PSG, which brought the widely panned decision to rotate goalkeepers, raised tactical doubts. A run of seven defeats from eight games followed. Reports suggest Rosenior had not fully won the dressing room and, in football terms he acknowledged, if you do not win games you do not last long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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