Back then, Liam Rosenior and Keith Andrews were humble TV pundits, relatively fresh from their playing days, drawing on their experience of 25 combined seasons in the EFL, which comprises the Championship, League One and League Two.

Liam Rosenior admitted that he is not sure if Tyrique George would stay at Chelsea beyond January amid reported interest from other clubs.

Joe Shields was appointed in 2022 as "co-director of recruitment and talent". Two years later Sam Jewell came from Brighton becoming the sporting director for global recruiting. This quintet were established as the sporting leadership team in November. Conspicuous in their absence from that list of power brokers was the first team head coach.

New Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior has insisted he will be in charge at the Blues and is content with the board's involvement in the club. The former Strasbourg coach has worked with the BlueCo hierarchy before in France and his appointment has been viewed cynically as a coach happy to bow down to the whims and wishes of those in the boardroom above him.

Liam Rosenior admitted that he cannot wait for the opportunity to work with Chelsea midfielder Romeo Lavia, who is still training individually amid injury recovery.

Chelsea fans have accused their club of being “finished” amid claims that Liam Rosenior, who is already being branded a “LinkedIn manager”, does not wear gloves during the Blues’ training sessions so that players can hear him clapping their endeavours.

The Chelsea goalkeeper endured a horrid night against Arsenal, at fault for two goals, and leaves new manager Liam Rosenior with a decision to make over his No 1

Chelsea captain James and attacking talisman Palmer have both been absent through injury for the previous two matches, sitting out the 5–1 FA Cup victory over Charlton Athletic on Rosenior’s debut and the 3–2 defeat to Arsenal in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final.