The Englishman Liam Rosenior becomes the new coach of the club world champions Chelsea FC. The Premier League club announced this after Rosenior had previously informed about the upcoming deal. This means that the 41-year-old, who previously Racing Strasbourg had trained to be the successor to the dismissed man Enzo Maresca to. He receives a contract until 2032. “I want our fans to be proud of who we are and what we stand for in every single game,” Rosenior is quoted as saying: “I can’t wait to get started.”
On Tuesday morning he said goodbye in a press conference at his former club in Strasbourg. “I haven’t signed yet, but we have a verbal agreement,” said Rosenior. He is in France again “because this club is close to my heart and I thought it was right to answer the questions here in person today before I move on to the next stage of my career.”
Rosenior thus remains within the association network of US entrepreneurs Todd Boehly. Both Chelsea and Strasbourg belong to the consortium of investors led by Boehly. Rosenior’s predecessor Maresca was somewhat surprisingly dismissed on New Year’s Day. The Italian won the Club World Cup with Chelsea in the summer.
On Saturday, Rosenior was on the Strasbourg sideline when the score was 1-1 OGC Nice confessed. So far in the current Ligue 1 season, Rosenior has led the club to seventh place in the table. His new team Chelsea struggled under interim coach on Sunday Calum McFarlane Manchester City a 1:1. Rosenior takes over the Blues in fifth place in the table.
The two clubs have already demonstrated a close connection in the recent past: 15 players have moved back and forth between Strasbourg and the Blues since 2023. In the same year, Strasbourg was taken over by the BlueCo Group led by US entrepreneur Todd Boehly. Boehly has also been co-owner of Chelsea FC since May 2022.
