“You don’t wish to cross him”

Pundit Wayne Rooney has backed Liam Rosenior to shine if he does get appointed as the brand new Chelsea head coach. The Manchester United and England legend labored alongside the Strasbourg boss in his time as Derby County supervisor between 2021 and 2022.

Liam Rosenior has emerged because the main candidate to interchange Enzo Maresca at Stamford Bridge, and Rooney has issued a vote of confidence on the 41-year-old. Talking on BBC’s Wayne Rooney Present, the previous England worldwide identified that Rosenior is among the finest coaches he has labored with. He revealed that Rosenior is able to being agency and can be able to seize his probability with each fingers at Chelsea.

“He is taken possibilities, and hopefully that pays off as a result of I feel Liam is nearly as good a coach as I’ve ever labored with. His element, how he approaches the day-to-day, he is nearly as good as I’ve labored with. Liam was so necessary for me. He was unbelievable in his teaching capability. I used to be extra of the supervisor and coping with gamers and all the pieces. So I realized so much from him from that viewpoint after which I feel he is accomplished an ideal job as an entire.

“He is additionally acquired a facet which you do not wish to cross him as nicely. That is necessary as nicely. If he goes in there, he will not disappoint. He is been ready for a possibility like this. When you do not take it now, then you definately’re by no means going to take it. And I feel he is accomplished his apprenticeship, he is accomplished his work to attempt to get to that job. So he’ll don’t have any doubts in his thoughts that he is able to doing that job. And hopefully, very quickly, hopefully we hear that he’s the supervisor, as a result of for younger English coaches I feel it is huge. We do not actually see English managers at huge golf equipment. So he’d be main the way in which for for us”, he stated.

Rosenior was Rooney’s assistant between January 2021 and June 2022 earlier than being named as interim boss at Derby County after Rooney’s resignation. He went on to work with Hull Metropolis, spending almost two years on the membership earlier than he was sacked, and joined Strasbourg in the summertime of 2024.

Liam Rosenior led the Ligue 1 facet to a seventh place end within the 2024-25 season, solely lacking out on UEFA Champions League soccer on the ultimate day of the season. His good work has earned him propulsion to the sights of the Chelsea bosses, and he seems set to emerge as their new head coach.

Chelsea captain offers replace on coach hunt

Chelsea captain Reece James has revealed that the gamers are at midnight with reference to the membership’s pursuit of a brand new coach. The Blues have been led by U-21 coach Calum McFarlane as they held Manchester Metropolis to a 1-1 draw on the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.

Talking to the media after the sport, James identified that the gamers have no idea what the membership’s plans are with respect to a brand new coach. He stated that that they had spent the week getting ready to face Metropolis and can see what developments happen within the coming days.

“We all know nothing in the meanwhile. This complete week was about this sport. What occurs behind the scenes just isn’t all the way down to us. We centered on the sport. We are going to see what occurs within the coming days”, he stated (by way of Each day Put up NG).

Reece James was named as Man of the Match after a sterling exhibiting in midfield for Chelsea towards Pep Guardiola’s facet. He was praised by the membership’s interim head coach McFarlane over his conduct and the way he helped pull the staff collectively earlier than, throughout, and after the sport.