Enzo Maresca left Chelsea, Liam Rosenior becomes the big favorite to take over. The Strasbourg coach could well join the big brother club of BlueCo, leaving Racing in the middle of the season. However, there are quite a few issues at stake for the Alsatian club, qualified in the round of 16 of the Europa Conference League after finishing first in the championship phase, and a European place to be sought at the end of the year in Ligue 1. “Several key people at Chelsea are impressed by the work Rosenior has done”explain Sky Sports This morning.
The departure of the English technician would confirm Strasbourg’s vassal status. This news will not reassure Alsatian supporters, some of whom are angry, notably certain ultra groups against the multi-ownership model imposed by BlueCo. Those from Chelsea, on the other hand, are rather happy to have seen Maresca packing and Rosenior’s profile seemed to intrigue them until now, but an old video unearthed from social networks is now causing controversy in England. We are on the set of Sky Sports and Rosenior criticizes the Fulham club and its transfer policy.
An old compromising video emerges
Promoted to the Premier League, the Cottagers had just spent more than 100 million pounds (€115 million) to bring in 13 recruits. Despite all this money, the London club had a particularly difficult season ending in 19th place, ten points behind, and therefore immediately returned to the Championship. “I don’t believe the way of recruiting works at Fulhamdeclared the young Rosenior (33 years old at the time), who had just become the assistant coach of the Brighton reserves. “I think there needs to be greater synergy between football clubs when it comes to recruitment. It’s a problem. »
Image generation in progress
“They recruited two goalkeepers on the day the transfer window closed. To me it doesn’t make any sensehe continued in his criticism. To me it seems like a blind approach: sign as many players as possible, spend money and look good during the transfer window. (…) Football is about having quality players, but it is also about having team spirit. » Words that resonate today because Chelsea are precisely in this model of excessive recruitment, even if it means not giving much meaning to a more global reflection to build their team. This video comes back to him like a boomerang.
Rosenior knows where he has set foot with BlueCo
THE Daily Mail echoed this, posting some comments taken from social networks. “Given the way this guy has talked about recruitment in the past… How can he consider joining this Chelsea? »reacts an Internet user. “He will learn a tough lesson at Chelsea”comments another. Blues supporters are already starting to get scared, while Rosenior is still officially in Strasbourg. A fan fears“industrial accident” while a second believes that the coach “won’t make it to the end of the season” if it is indeed named.
However, Rosenior knows very well where he has put his feet. Although he expressed an opinion 8 years ago on a television set, the 41-year-old Englishman has adapted to the Blue Co model, and more generally to the ever-increasing transfer window from year to year. “It’s not just timeshare clubs that experience high membership turnover. I was in Hull and in January (2024) we had, I believe, 15 departures and 13 arrivalsaffirmed the coach in an interview with The Athletic. This is football today, it is normal that the turnover of players is enormous in all clubs. » A controversy already forgotten?
