^ ^ Chelsea next manager odds following Liam Rosenior’s sacking

Liam Rosenior has been sacked by Chelsea (Picture: Getty)

Liam Rosenior’s reign at Chelsea came to an end on Wednesday with the club deciding to sack their Head Coach less than 24 hours after the 3-0 defeat to Brighton.

The loss at the Amex Stadium saw Chelsea lose five league games in a row without scoring for the first time since 1912.

The dismal result on the south coast was the culmination of weeks of turmoil at Stamford Bridge which has seen Chelsea slip to eighth in the Premier League.

The Blues are all but out of contention for finishing in the Champions League places and now face a fight on their hands to qualify for Europe altogether next season.

The task of securing European football for the next campaign now falls on Calum McFarlane, who has been placed in interim charge of the side until the end of the season.

The former academy coach, who took charge of the team for two games following Enzo Maresca’s exit, will be keeping the Chelsea manager hotseat warm until an appointment is made this summer.

The new manager will be the sixth permanent boss of the BlueCo ownership’s spell, having churned through Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter, Mauricio Pochettino, Maresca and now Rosenior.

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The turbulence of the ownership’s reign has become a source of immense discontent amongst the club’s fanbase, with anti-BlueCo songs heard once again during the Brighton game.

Liam Rosenior appeared to apologise to Chelsea fans after the defeat to Brighton (Picture: Getty)

Next permanent manager odds

According to bookmakers Betfair, former Chelsea left back Filipe Luis is the favourite to become the next permanent manager at 5/4

The 40 year-old impressed in his first role in management at Flamengo, winning a host of trophies including the Brazilian league title and the Copa Libertadores, before leaving the club back in March.

Luis also held talks with BlueCo earlier this year over a move to Strasbourg, with the secret discussions said to be part of the reason behind his exit from the Brazilian giants.

Former Chelsea star and current Como boss Cesc Fabregas is next with the bookmakers with Olivier Glasner and Andoni Iraola, who will leave Crystal Palace and Bournemouth respectively at the end of the season, also in the running.

McFarlane has been installed as the fourth favourite to take the job full-time, ahead of the likes of Oliver Glasner, Xavi and Marco Silva.

Frank Lampard is currently priced at 14/1, although an emotional return to west London feels unlikely for the club legend.

Lampard has only just returned Coventry to the Premier League after a 25-year absence, winning the Championship title in style with 26 wins from their 44 games to date.

Chelsea manager for the start of the 2026/27 Premier League season

Filipe Luis 5/4
Cesc Fabregas 5/2
Oliver Glasner 10/3
Andoni Iraola 5/1
Xavi Hernandez 15/2
Roberto De Zerbi 25/1
Marco Silva 9/1
Unai Emery 14/1
Frank Lampard 14/1
Fabian Hurzeler 16/1
Xabi Alonso 16/1
Luis Enrique 20/1
Julian Nagelsmann 22/1
Kjetil Knutsen 25/1
Ruben Amorim 33/1
Jurgen Klopp 33/1
Thomas Tuchel 33/1
Zinedine Zidane 33/1
Jose Mourinho 40/1

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^ ^ Ian Wright makes Arsenal vs Newcastle and title race predictions

Arsenal will bounce back and win the Premier League title, says Ian Wright (Picture: The Overlap)

Ian Wright has backed Arsenal to pick themselves up from their crushing defeat to Manchester City and win the Premier League title this season.

The Gunners found themselves in an imperious position in the title race earlier this month, knowing victory over Bournemouth would have opened up a 12-point lead at the top of the table.

But the Cherries stunned Arsenal to run out 2-1 winners at the Emirates, piling even more pressure on Mikel Arteta’s men ahead of last weekend’s potentially pivotal trip to the Etihad.

A moment of brilliance from Rayan Cherki ensured Arsenal got off to the worst possible start in Manchester, but the visitors found an immediate response through Kai Havertz at the other end of the pitch – gifted to them by Gianluigi Donnarumma.

City rallied again, though, with Erling Haaland scoring what proved to be the winner in the 65th minute, while Eberechi Eze hit the woodwork and Havertz squandered two golden chances in a pulsating second half.

Pep Guardiola’s side followed this up by beating a down-and-out Burnley team on Wednesday night, a result that saw the club leapfrog Arsenal and go top – on goal difference – for the first time since the opening week of the campaign.

Giving his thoughts on the latest episode of The Overlap, Wright outlined the positives has has taken from Arsenal’s setback, now that the dust has settled.

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Arteta’s side slipped to second as City beat Burnley on Wednesday (Picture: Getty)

Haaland scored the decisive goal in City’s victory over title rivals Arsenal (Picture: Getty)

‘I was obviously very emotional last time [on the last show], I was very emotional about it. But leading into that was obviously Southampton and Bournemouth so I was reeling off of that, and it wasn’t great against Sporting,’ the ex-Arsenal and England striker said.

‘But I said in the last show that I just wanted to see something from us, show us that you can do something, you can give us something.

‘If we’d won the game previously and done well getting to Manchester City, there’s never going to be the: it’s decided on the Manchester City game. You want to try and get that cushion so when you play that game, whatever happens, you’re okay because you’ll beat the rest.

‘So leading into that and the way we played, obviously, I was disappointed. But we played well enough to win the game, we should have at least got the draw out of that game.’

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Wright felt Arsenal were ultimately punished by their lack of ‘ruthlessness’ in front of goal in Sunday’s top-of-the-table showdown.

‘Watching Eze, [Martin] Odegaard and Havertz, we created the kind of chances that we should have taken. We should have taken them,’ he added.

‘When you watch City, they do give chances up and if you’re going to be ruthless, you take them and Arsenal could have won that game.

‘Haaland had one chance, bam, took it, so I’m a lot better now because now what they’ve got to do is be ruthless with everything.’

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Based on what he saw in the performance against City, Wright is hopeful Arsenal will have enough to win the title, even if it is a case of ‘creeping over the line’.

‘I’m gonna go with: we’re going to win the league,’ he replied when asked for his title prediction.

‘The chances we created against that City side, I think we could do the same against the teams coming. Obviously we’re going to have to be a lot more ruthless with taking our chances.

‘But before that, leading into that, I didn’t see us creating enough chances in the games leading into that, in a time where with the history of what we’re doing in this stage of the season, we’ve kind of faltered.

Havertz squandered a huge chance to level late on at the Etihad (Picture: Getty)

‘I thought in that Man City game, the big game, we created enough chances where if we do that against other teams and get ourselves back to that defensive solidity that we had before leading into this part of the season and finish this with ruthlessness.

‘We started the season with ruthlessness with people saying, “Oh, it’s Arsenal’s, it’s Arsenal’s to lose”, everybody was saying it, because we looked absolutely faultless in the way we were.

‘Now, everybody’s faltering and in this City game I thought we did enough. if we can play like that, even if we’re trying to creep over the line, we can probably do it.’

The Gunners remain firmly in the hunt, says Wright (Picture: Getty)

Wright called on those players with experience of winning major titles to step up and drag the rest of the squad back on track after what will have been a difficult few days.

‘We’ve got to find the fight,’ Wright, Arsenal’s second-highest goalscorer in history, continued.

‘We’ve got Piero Hincapie who has won the Bundesliga, we’ve got Gabriel Jesus and we’ve got Jurrien Timber who has won in Holland, three players who have seen it off.

‘They need to step into that team and try to make them understand what it’s going to take to finish this off because everybody in there will be having doubts, there’s nothing wrong with that.’

Looking ahead to this weekend’s action, Wright backed his beloved club to come away from their clash with Newcastle with all three points.

‘We’re winning this game, either 2-0 or 3-0,’ he said.

‘I think we have [got that in us]… 3-0! We need that kind of result.’

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^ ^ John Terry reveals brutal Chelsea snub and huge concern after Liam Rosenior sacking

John Terry is concerned for the future of Chelsea (Picture: TikTok)

Former Chelsea captain JohnTerry admitted he is worried about the future of the club after head coach Liam Rosenior was sacked after only 106 days.

The Blues are without a manager for the second time this season after Rosenior was given only 23 matches following his appointment in January.

The former Hull and Strasbourg boss signed a six-and-a-half-year deal in January but Chelsea have slumped since, most recently in a 3-0 defeat to Brighton, after losing five league games in a row without scoring for the first time in 114 years.

Calum McFarlane will take charge until the end of the season, starting with Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final against Leeds.

‘I sit here worrying tonight about what is going to happen with our football club,’ Terry said on his official TikTok account.

‘Looking at us needing a manager after the weekend, I’m not sure when ownership are going to make a decision and bring a new manager in.

‘Is a real top manager going to come to Chelsea Football Club at the moment in the position we are in? Can’t buy players, looking like we are going to have to sell potentially and that will be our best players, which is always tough.

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‘We will not be playing in European football, I hope I am wrong.

‘Really, really frustrated and worried more importantly. I feel the anger, feel the frustration of the Chelsea supporters.

‘But listen, I’ve seen 17 managers in my era come and go as Chelsea captain. What the players have to do is just get together and really focus on the weekend’s game and forget about all the noise around and everything.

‘We have a massive game, it is really difficult, but also really easy to do as players to forget the noise and focus on what’s ahead of you and that is the Leeds game at the weekend.

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‘We’ve seen this time and time and time again, but maybe the future isn’t as clear as we’ve always seen.’

The future does appear clear in one respect in as much as Terry will play no part in the club’s short or long-term managerial plans, despite cries from some fans to lean more heavily on the influence of the club’s most decorated skipper.

Speaking on talkSPORT on Wednesday, presenter Andy Jacobs revealed: ‘Every Chelsea fan would love John Terry to come in until the end of the season,’ Jacobs said.

‘I’ve been told he wanted to do it, but I’ve been told they didn’t want him.

Liam Rosenior was sacked by Chelsea on Wednesday (Reuters)

‘And they told him in no uncertain terms that he will never, ever get the job.’

Indeed, in his message to fans Terry appeared to vindicate Jacobs’ claim by insisting it had been a case of radio silence between himself and the key Chelsea decision makers.

‘I’m not sure what Calum’s backroom staff is going to look like, I’ve not had a call, I’ve not had a message, I will be continuing my role in the academy,’ he said.

‘I’ll be with the academy tomorrow, we’ve got a big couple of games coming up.

Chelsea manager for the start of the 2026/27 Premier League season

Filipe Luis – 13/8
Andoni Iraola – 2/1
Cesc Fabregas – 10/3
Calum McFarlane – 10/3
Oliver Glasner – 5/1
Xavi Hernandez – 15/2
Marco Silva – 9/1
Frank Lampard – 9/1
Unai Emery – 14/1
Julian Nagelsmann – 14/1
Fabian Hurzeler – 16/1
Xabi Alonso – 16/1
Luis Enrique – 20/1

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‘But look we’ll all get behind Calum, he did a great job at Manchester City away recently and we’ll get right behind the boys because that’s what we do.’

Former Chelsea striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink was ‘shocked’ to learn of Rosenior’s sacking but believes the club’s hands were tied.

‘I am shocked. I didn’t expect it to happen this soon,’ said Hasselbaink, reacting on Sky Sports News. “I know that he was under pressure because, look, Chelsea is a big club, expect to win.

‘It hasn’t happened before, or it (has been a long time) that they haven’t scored in five games, so the stats are not in his favour.

‘But then still, because he’s been not that long at Chelsea, I would have thought that they would give him a little bit more time.

‘I am a little bit surprised, but then on the other hand I’m not because it’s football. The shirt is heavy, the supporters are used to winning a lot of trophies, used to seeing the team competing week in and week out.’

‘The (Brighton) game was poor.’

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