At the start of 2019, Liam Rosenior sat in a Sky Sports studio and gave an honest assessment of Chelsea’s managerial situation. “The club’s recent history is: if things go wrong and things start not going the way we want, we change managers,” said the then commentator on Sky Sports’ The Debate show. Seven years later and a bunch of Chelsea managers, the same man has agreed to lead Chelsea.
In 2019, it was Roman Abramovich who steered the Chelsea ship. Todd Boehly may not have the same ruthless nature as Abramovich, but Rosenior will still be Chelsea’s fifth permanent head coach in almost five years under the BlueCo regime.
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Thomas Tuchel lasted 100 days of the Boehly era, Graham Potter got just over 200. Mauricio Pochettino only got one season, while Enzo Maresca didn’t get two, despite delivering two trophies.
Rosenior comes into the Chelsea picture on a completely different basis than his BlueCo predecessors. With his former clubs like Hull, Derby, and Strasbourg, he doesn’t have the status of a Tuchel or Pochettino, nor the Premier League experience that Potter had.
On Tuesday, Rosenior confirmed he has agreed to lead Chelsea, seven years after he himself sat in the Sky Sports studio and analysed the club’s extreme ability to sack its managers.
Will be interesting to follow.
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