
Liam Rosenior signed a six-and-a-half-year contract when he took over as Chelsea manager in January. Just 106 days later, he was given his marching orders.
Chelsea have spent 2026 in a spiral. Rosenior was tasked with stabilizing things but oversaw the club’s poorest run of domestic results since 1912 and, with hopes of European qualification fading away, was sent packing on Wednesday to become Chelsea’s shortest-tenured permanent manager of the Premier League era.