{"id":679,"date":"2026-04-25T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=679"},"modified":"2026-04-25T10:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T10:00:05","slug":"graeme-le-saux-doesnt-want-iraola-to-take-the-chelsea-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=679","title":{"rendered":"Graeme Le Saux doesn&#8217;t want Iraola to take the Chelsea job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Former Blue Graeme Le Saux has warned Andoni Iraola against taking the Chelsea job amid the current situation at the club.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON<span> <\/span>THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chelsea are once again looking for a new head coach after they sacked Liam Rosenior on Wednesday, less than four months after appointing him.<\/p>\n<p>Rosenior is the second head coach to leave Chelsea this season following the departure of Enzo Maresca in January.<\/p>\n<h2>Graeme Le Saux warns Andoni Iraola over Chelsea job<\/h2>\n<p>Calum McFarlane has been placed in interim charge for the remainder of the season, and it\u2019s understood Chelsea are going to take their time over a new appointment.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s understood to be seven or eight names under consideration, with Iraola thought to be an early front-runner.<\/p>\n<p>Iraola has already announced he\u2019s leaving Bournemouth at the end of the season, and is expected to have interest from a number of clubs.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard is said to have admirers in the Chelsea hierarchy, but former Blue Le Saux has warned him against taking the job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I mean, I know Andoni Iraola well from my time in working in Spanish football when he was at Mirandes and Rayo Vallecano, and he\u2019s a fantastic coach. What he\u2019s done at Bournemouth is absolutely tremendous,\u201d he told talkSPORT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut he\u2019s a serious manager. So I would, if I was speaking to Andoni, I\u2019d be saying, do you want to be the next one put into that mangle and spat out the other side?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause we\u2019ve seen Thomas Tuchel, Mauricio Pochettino have gone in Graham Potter. You know, it doesn\u2019t matter how much experience you\u2019ve got.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve got to align everything and give the coach autonomy in certain decisions and then allow the strategists at the club to build the plan, but not at the cost of what\u2019s happening on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019m afraid when you look at what\u2019s happening on the pitch, that\u2019s exactly the outcome they\u2019ve managed to deliver.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a<span> <\/span>preferred source on Google<span> <\/span>to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"lazyload\" title=\"Spotify Embed: Graeme Le Saux Tactical Take\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" data-src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/5itrVT3IVipozAATkXclwK?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p><span>Joao Pedro and Cole Palmer are back in training and should be fit to feature in Sunday\u2019s FA Cup semi final against Leeds.<\/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 \/ <span class=\"topic\">Latest News<\/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\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Getty-Images-2-190x127.jpg.webp 190w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Getty-Images-2-245x163.jpg.webp 245w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Getty-Images-2-320x213.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/icdn.chelsea.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Getty-Images-2-414x276.jpg.webp 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