Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior has hinted he knows the source of stories about his team-building efforts at Stamford Bridge that include Lego-building competitions and taking his gloves off during training to ensure his players can hear him clapping.

Back then, Liam Rosenior and Keith Andrews were humble TV pundits, relatively fresh from their playing days, drawing on their experience of 25 combined seasons in the EFL — the three-division structure immediately below the Premier League made up of the Championship (second tier), League One (third) and League Two (fourth).

Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior has said that he is impressed with midfielder Enzo Fernandez. He claimed that the Argentine is better than he expected and that he loves having him in his squad.

Liam Rosenior got off to a winning start with Chelsea in the Premier League, but his team were labelled ‘poor’ in their 2-0 victory over Brentford. Joao Pedro and Cole Palmer scored the goals in the win over the in-form Bees, which saw the Blues climb to sixth in the table.

The equaliser in Chelsea’s 2–1 defeat to Fulham last midweek was Delap’s first Premier League goal for his new employers after 560 barren minutes. Injury and suspension has hampered the 22-year-old’s first six months in west London. He heads into the second half of the season with more cards (three) than goals (two) across all competitions.

Joe Shields was appointed in 2022 as "co-director of recruitment and talent". Two years later Sam Jewell came from Brighton becoming the sporting director for global recruiting. This quintet were established as the sporting leadership team in November. Conspicuous in their absence from that list of power brokers was the first team head coach.

Liam Rosenior was back at Stamford Bridge this week, taking charge of Chelsea against Arsenal. It wasn’t the result he’d have wanted, with Chelsea falling 3-2 to their London rivals.

Chelsea fans have accused their club of being “finished” amid claims that Liam Rosenior, who is already being branded a “LinkedIn manager”, does not wear gloves during the Blues’ training sessions so that players can hear him clapping their endeavours.