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·7 January 2026

Matt Law: Two Chelsea managers didn’t want to continue their work with Chelsea project

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It sounds like two former Chelsea managers got fed up of working within the Chelsea project and this is why they are no longer there.

The big news from around the last week or so has all revolved around Enzo Maresca and Chelsea parting ways, with Maresca leaving the club on New Years Day.


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Rosenior has now been spotted at Cobham for the first time, and we saw the first images of him there surface late last night.

Many people believe Chelsea have hired him because he’s a yes man and already a part of the BlueCo project and is used to working under these owners and the parameters they set.

Others have not been so happy to work under them

Article image:Matt Law: Two Chelsea managers didn’t want to continue their work with Chelsea project

Enzo Maresca on the touchline against Newcastle. (Photo by George Wood/Getty Images)

Matt Law has reported on The Telegraph today that both Mauricio Pochettino and Enzo Maresca concluded that they did not want to work inside the parameters of the Chelsea project, which is essentially run by five sporting directors, plus co-controlling owners Behdad Eghbali and Boehly.

It’s far from ideal

I’m sure it will be fine now because Rosenior is used to the project, but if this does fail, where do they turn next?

I don’t think there would be too many managers who would want to work under these conditions right now, especially if they spoke to Maresca of Pochettino about it!

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