{"id":18253,"date":"2026-07-17T14:22:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=18253"},"modified":"2026-07-17T14:22:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:22:40","slug":"former-chelsea-boss-admits-mistakes-after-brutal-stamford-bridge-spell-read-chelsea-f-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=18253","title":{"rendered":"Former Chelsea boss admits mistakes after brutal Stamford Bridge spell &#8211; Read Chelsea F.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Liam Rosenior has admitted he could have handled parts of his Chelsea spell better after returning to management with Paris FC.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rosenior lasted less than four months at Stamford Bridge after replacing Enzo Maresca midway through last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His reign ended following five consecutive Premier League defeats without a goal, with Chelsea turning to Xabi Alonso for their latest rebuild.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 41-year-old has now returned to France on a contract with Paris FC until June 2028. He previously impressed in Ligue 1 during his time with Strasbourg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at his unveiling, Rosenior accepted responsibility for some of the problems he faced at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe joined the club in the middle of a season and at a difficult moment, and I learned many lessons,\u201d Rosenior said in comments carried by Yahoo Sports.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Chelsea have decided to SACK Liam Rosenior with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s OVER after 4 months, and 5 consecutive defeats with 0 goals scored. \u274c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5dVf1NnBfS\">pic.twitter.com\/5dVf1NnBfS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) April 22, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rosenior sends message to Alonso<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rosenior said there were decisions he could have handled differently, although he also believes there were positive elements during his short tenure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He wished Chelsea well and described Alonso as a \u201cfantastic manager\u201d who can take the club forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rosenior also intends to apply the lessons from Stamford Bridge as Paris FC look to establish themselves higher in Ligue 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments provide his first detailed reflection since leaving Chelsea in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Read Chelsea recently examined, Alonso has focused on professionalism, mentality and daily standards since beginning work at Cobham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rosenior inherited a difficult situation after Maresca\u2019s departure but failed to halt Chelsea\u2019s decline during the closing months of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His final run ultimately made a change unavoidable, although his work at Strasbourg ensured he retained a strong reputation in France.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paris FC finished 11th last season and have significant ambitions under the Arnault family\u2019s ownership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rosenior will now attempt to rebuild his career while following Alonso\u2019s progress at the club he left behind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liam Rosenior has admitted he could have handled parts of his Chelsea spell better after&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}