One of the reasons Chelsea used to regularly get the better of Arsenal was because they had the battering rams of Didier Drogba and Diego Costa leading the line. Rosenior used Marc Guiu, a €6m acquisition from Barcelona’s academy in 2024. He turned 20 last week and is very raw. Being up against William Saliba and Gabriel was not a fair fight.

Indeed, the 24-year-old Argentina international really thrived under Maresca’s stewardship and is said to have been left disappointed and upset by the club’s decision to part company with the Italian, who left after a breakdown in his relationship with co-owner Behdad Eghbali, as our sources previously reported.

NEW Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior has already earned an unfortunate nickname after rival fans got hold of an old video. Rosenior has got off to a mixed start in the dugout as Blues boss, guiding his

The equaliser in Chelsea’s 2–1 defeat to Fulham last midweek was Delap’s first Premier League goal for his new employers after 560 barren minutes. Injury and suspension has hampered the 22-year-old’s first six months in west London. He heads into the second half of the season with more cards (three) than goals (two) across all competitions.

Arguably, the most personal reason for Rosenior to hit the ground running is to disprove the narrative surrounding him. The idea that he was purely hired because of his ties to Clearlake and will not get into any disagreements with the board, therefore avoiding a situation similar to the Maresca fallout.

After just his second match in charge of Chelsea, Liam Rosenior has a big decision to make about Robert Sanchez. The Spanish goalkeeper has improved this season, but he was at fault for two goals

Liam Rosenior started his Chelsea reign with a win but perhaps unsurprisingly some of the problems experienced under Enzo Maresca continued

Maresca made a sudden exit from Chelsea as the calendar flipped over to 2026, allowing Rosenior, who was in charge of fellow Blue-Co owned RC Strasbourg in Ligue 1, the opportunity to manage in the Premier League for the first time.

Mourinho gave those quotes almost 10 years ago. Paul Pogba had just turned 23 (subtle as ever, Jose) at the time. Now he’s 32 on what looks to be the downslope of his career. Time doesn’t stop for anybody. Lampard belongs to Generation X. Pogba’s a millennial poster boy. Nowadays Chelsea’s dressing room is entirely, without exception, Generation Z.