🚨 €28m severance pay? Top club sacks manager | OneFootball

That was quick! After not even four months in charge, FC Chelsea has pulled the plug and parted ways with head coach Liam Rosenior. The club officially announced it on Wednesday evening.

The reason is the team's current poor run of form. The Blues lost each of their last five Premier League matches and failed to score a single goal during that period. The London side has not been this bad since 1912!

With Chelsea having slipped to seventh place and even facing the risk of missing out on qualification for a European competition, Rosenior has now had to go.

The 41-year-old had only moved to Stamford Bridge in January from feeder club RC Strasbourg.

This could now mean that the Blues may have to pay their former coach a hefty severance package of almost 28 million euros, as speculated by the English newspaper the 'Daily Mirror'. Rosenior reportedly earns 4.6 million euros per season. With a contract running until 2032(!), Chelsea would therefore have to dig deep into their pockets unless they had planned ahead and included termination clauses in the deal.

Until the end of the season, current assistant coach Calum McFarlane will take over...

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