Peter Schmeichel made the headlines recently with his comments on Chelsea’s goalkeeping situation.
Liam Rosenior has often rotated between Filip Jorgensen and Robert Sanchez since he joined the club.
While he does not appear to have a clear first choice, Schmeichel said otherwise before Chelsea’s defeat to PSG.
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Liam Rosenior rejects Peter Schmeichel’s info on Chelsea goalkeepers
Schmeichel told CBS Sports, while doing punditry for PSG vs Chelsea, that Jorgensen is Rosenior’s number one goalkeeper.
“There is a change in the goalkeeping situation there as well,” Schmeichel revealed.
“Sanchez has played the bulk of the games in tournaments this season. He has now been replaced by a Danish guy, by the way, Filip Jorgensen.
“My information is that Liam Rosenior has told Filip Jorgensen that he is, from now on, his number-one choice.”
Schmeichel’s comments were then put to Rosenior ahead of Chelsea’s Premier League game against Newcastle.
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Unsurprisingly, the Englishman completely rejected the suggestion that he had held such talks with Jorgensen or Sanchez.
“I never said to either goalkeeper behind closed doors who is number one or who is not,” he said to Sky Sports.
“I have told them what they need to improve on, I have told them that they’ve done things really well.
“I have never had a conversation with a goalkeeper and said, ‘You are my number one’.”
Jorgensen missed the Newcastle match due to a groin injury, and we do not know whether he would have started.
Chelsea fans will be intrigued to see which goalkeeper starts when both players are next available.
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