City's former manager was sacked after just 107 days in the Stamford Bridge hotseat
20:33, 22 Apr 2026
Liam Rosenior trudges off the Amex Stadium pitch ahead of his Chelsea sacking
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Liam Rosenior has been sacked by Chelsea(Image: Warren Little/Getty Images)
Former Hull City star Curtis Davies admits Liam Rosenior's sacking by Chelsea has come as little surprise after Tuesday night's 3-0 defeat at Brighton and Hove Albion.
The ex-City boss was the latest manager to be sacked by the Blues on Wednesday after their embarrassing defeat on the South Coast left them to face up to a fifth straight defeat without scoring for the first time in 114 years.
Behdad Eghbali, Paul Winstanley, Joe Shields and Laurence Stewart were all at the Amex Stadium to watch Blues fans call for Rosenior's sacking, and the announcement was made less than 24 hours after that loss.
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"I think the decision to part ways with Liam Rosenior says more about Chelsea than it does about him," Davies told Hull Live via AceOdds.
"They had a manager who had won the Club World Cup, but he seemed to have issues with the board and ultimately sabotaged himself, leading to his dismissal.
"After that, Chelsea made what I see as a smart decision by appointing someone who was already known to them in Liam. He was tried and tested within their sister club Strasbourg; he's someone they were familiar with, someone whose work they had been following closely through regular conversations. They understood him as a person and as a coach.
"But in any era of Premier League management, especially at Chelsea, if a manager loses six games without scoring, you could argue that a sacking is inevitable. However, the fact that they initially backed him and presented him as their long-term choice, only to dismiss him before even giving him until next season, is telling.
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"It will be interesting to see who is now willing to take the job. I still do not think it will be a top-level, X-factor manager of the kind Chelsea would have gone for in the past."
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