{"id":2432,"date":"2026-04-29T21:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2026-04-29T21:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:40:10","slug":"bbc-on-full-cost-of-sacking-rosenior-and-breaking-24m-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2432","title":{"rendered":"BBC on full cost of sacking Rosenior and breaking \u00a324m contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Liam Rosenior will get a lot of money from Chelsea after they sacked him, but it won\u2019t be close to the full value of his deal.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Things move quickly at Chelsea, and Liam Rosenior is already deep in the rear view mirror despite only being sacked a week ago.<\/p>\n<p>The contract he signed just four months ago would have entitled him to \u00a324m in wages, although it\u2019s become clear that his payoff won\u2019t be anything close to that.<\/p>\n<p>According to Nizaar Kinsella\u2019s Q and A for the BBC, there was a \u201cbreak clause\u201d in the coach\u2019s contract that means he will only get a fraction of that full value.<\/p>\n<h2>Full cost of Rosenior\u2019s sacking not clear for a year at least<\/h2>\n<h2\/>\n<p>We won\u2019t find out any more until Chelsea publish their next set of accounts, which will have one-off manager dismissal costs laid out pretty clearly, even if they try to hide the full extent of the damage.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s \u00a31m or \u00a3100m, it was a catastrophically bad decision to appoint Rosenior, and will cost the club a lot more in missed Champions League revenue that it ever would<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Oliver Glasner is one of the potential replacements for Rosenior, although an exclusive from Simon Phillips reveals why he might not be the ideal choice.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve finally found out how long Mykhailo Mudryk could be banned for, and if he has a good outcome to his appeal, he could be halfway through it already.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast: Leeds fan Jack Durkin joins Jai Mcintosh to preview the FA Cup Semi Final!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/td3C9ns6uiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Liam Rosenior<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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