🚨 BREAKING: Barcelona will NOT pay €30m buy option clause for Marcus Rashford, expiring in 5 days.
Rashford formally set to return to Man United but Barça remain open to new solutions, like another loan deal. ❗️
Barça are open to discuss again if #MUFC open doors. 🔵🔴
To think he isn’t at the World Cup is mental, yes he’s had a poor season by his standards but based on ability alone he’s probably the best no.10 in the league along with Bruno
What a miserable situation this is, quality player but he’s probably fed up with the blue co environment that’s been created. I’d be breaking the bank to keep him. All depends what Alonso says too
🚨 EXCLUSIVE - Enzo Fernandez is likely to depart #Chelsea this summer.
Contract negotiations have failed to progress and the player feels disappointed with “things being done to make him leave”
Barring a huge turnaround, he will play his FINAL match this weekend. #CFC
Club legend Cesar Azpilicueta will retire from football at the end of the season.
Congratulations on a superb career, Azpi, and thank you for everything. 💙
@Louis_Beneventi I hate blue Co. as much as the next man but it’s blinding people’s perception of what’s happened this season, Maresca leaving did ruin our momentum and if the reports are true that he was speaking to Man City while he was still in our dugout then they should seek comp imo
Chelsea Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Xabi Alonso as Manager of the Men’s Team.
The Spaniard will begin his role on July 1, 2026, having agreed a four-year contract at Stamford Bridge.
Welcome to Chelsea, Xabi!
Today’s result was always gonna be like that, not in a position right now to be taking on that city team. This news however is more fucking like it, massive upgrade and we go again
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Agreement complete for Xabi Alonso to become Chelsea manager. 44yo Spaniard visited London early last week & accepted opportunity; 4yr contract now finalised - announcement imminent. Primary target throughout + wanted #CFC move @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/4022hQsMXA
🚨Statement on the sacking of Liam Rosenior🚨
We acknowledge this afternoon’s breaking news regarding the sacking of Liam Rosenior.
While the timing may come as a surprise, the outcome itself was inevitable. Liam was not equipped to lead a club of Chelsea’s stature, and his appointment in the first place was a clear reflection of an ownership group that continues to treat Chelsea as a sporting experiment rather than the elite institution it has been for decades.
From the outset, it was clear to fans, media, pundits, and even players that Liam was placed into a role at the wrong stage of his development. At a time when the squad was crying out for an experienced, authoritative leader, the club instead appointed someone still learning his trade, simply because he fit their internal model.
This is the consequence of an arrogant and misguided structure.
We want to thank Liam Rosenior for stepping into an impossible situation. He took on a role under an ownership that has created an unstable and damaging environment, one that had already driven out his predecessor under extraordinary circumstances. His intentions were never in question.
However, intentions are not enough at a club like Chelsea.
As a fanbase, we demand a manager that reflects the stature, ambition, and expectations of Chelsea Football Club. We reject the idea that the role of a head coach can be reduced to data points. Leadership, experience, and the ability to command respect remain fundamental to success at the highest level.
Today’s decision is yet another damming indictment of an ownership and sporting structure that is not fit for purpose. It reinforces what many already know, that those currently in charge are not the right custodians of this football club.
The club has spoken of “self reflection” in its statement. We believe that process must start at the very top. Perhaps the club has come to the conclusion there is a statistical relationship between a manager and results.
Behdad Eghbali must be held accountable for the environment that has been created. Paul Winstanley, Laurence Stewart, and Joe Shields must also take responsibility for a series of appointments and decisions that have consistently fallen well short of the standards we demand.
Any new appointment must go beyond data and fitting a rigid model. It must be about restoring a connection between the squad and the fans. That same principle must apply across the coaching staff and those in decision making positions at the club. Without that connection, there can be no identity, and without identity, there can be no success.
We will continue to hold the club to account and will be announcing further action this season directed at those responsible for the continued decline of Chelsea Football Club.
BluecoOut.
🚨 BREAKING: Liam Rosenior has been sacked as Chelsea head coach following five-straight Premier League losses without scoring.
Sporting leadership met following the defeat to Brighton and it was determined an immediate change is necessary to try and salvage the season and with an FA Cup semi-final against Leeds next.
Chelsea say "Liam has always conducted himself with the highest integrity and professionalism following his appointment mid-way through the season. This has not been a decision."
Players already informed. Calum McFarlane will take charge of the team as Interim Head Coach until the end of the season.
Chelsea respect Rosenior, but felt results and performances in recent weeks have not met the standards they expect, particularly given there is still Europe and silverware to play for this season.
Chelsea had hoped to judge Rosenior in years not weeks, but their hand was forced.
Club not yet in active discussions with any candidates at this time.
🚨🚨BREAKING: Telegraph Sport understands that Chelsea are ready to permanently replace Rosenior with a head coach who has experience at the highest level. https://t.co/jOmwEB56Ya