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Jamie Carragher slams Chelsea owners and BlueCo, calling Liam Rosenior’s sacking proof of mismanagement that turned a trophy winning club into a failed experiment.
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Former Liverpool footballer Jamie Carragher has said that Chelsea’s owners have turned a trophy-winning machine into a failed experiment, adding that Liam Rosenior’s downfall is a sign of mismanagement at the club.
A 3-0 hammering by Brighton on Tuesday was the final straw for club bosses, who ended Rosenior’s unhappy reign after just 106 days.
First-team coach McFarlane, who also took charge of Chelsea after Enzo Maresca’s exit in January, addressed the media on Friday for the first time since Rosenior’s departure.
“Chelsea’s owners have turned a trophy-winning machine into a failed experiment. The downfall of Liam Rosenior is a symptom of terrible mismanagement by BlueCo that has dismantled a successful club,” Carragher wrote in his column for The Telegraph.
“The departure of a fifth permanent manager in four years at Stamford Bridge suggests Chelsea need a new owner as much as another head coach. The BlueCo era has been an unmitigated failure; a vivid example of image over substance,” Carragher added.
The former footballer described Rosenior as the latest casualty of BlueCo’s mismanagement, adding that supporters are starting to realise it. Carragher argued that the real problem lies not with the manager but with the ownership and leadership, who have failed to build on the previous regime’s foundation and have instead undone much of what once worked at Chelsea.
“Rosenior was fighting fires as soon as his name was referenced because he already worked for the organisation and the assumption was he would know and accept his place in the chain of command,” Carragher wrote.
“As soon as Rosenior was given the job, there was an expectation it would end in brutal circumstances. It was a matter of when, not if. His demise should give no one pleasure,” Carragher added.
April 25, 2026, 16:38 IST
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