Just In: Chelsea Sack Head Coach, Liam Rosenior
Written by News Desk on April 22, 2026
Just 107 days after he took charge, English Giants, Chelsea FC have parted company with Coach Liam Rosenior.
Calum McFarlane will lead the team into Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final with Leeds at Wembley and remain as interim head coach until the end of the season. McFarlane took on the same role earlier this season for two games when Enzo Maresca left.
Rosenior had been appointed as a surprise replacement for Maresca in January, but seven defeats in the last eight matches has led to his reign being cut short after just four months.
Rosenior had signed a six-year contract with Chelsea when he made the move from Strasbourg, who are owned by Chelsea’s parent company BlueCo.
But there were chants from Chelsea fans for him to be dismissed during and after the 3-0 loss at Brighton on Tuesday night.
It was a fifth Premier League defeat in a row and makes qualification for next season’s Champions League unlikely. Chelsea failed to score in each of those five league defeats – their worst goalless losing league run since 1912.
Rosenior leaves Chelsea seventh in the Premier League, seven points off fifth-placed Liverpool, who have a game in hand. Maresca left Chelsea in fifth but they had slipped to eighth by the time Rosenior took over from interim boss McFarlane.
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