Paris FC manager Liam Rosenior says time at Chelsea was the ‘best experience’ of his life and has explained what went at the Premier League side.
He started his managerial career at Hull City in 2022, after an interim spell at Derby County, and left them in 2024. Later that year, RC Strasbourg, who have the same owners as Chelsea, appointed him as their manager.
Rosenior helped the Ligue 1 side finish seventh in his first season and was in charge until January. He left Strasbourg to join the west London club at the start of this year.
Rosenior’s record at Chelsea
In January, the Blues parted ways with Enzo Maresca, who helped them win the UEFA Conference League and the Club World Cup in 2025. At that time, Chelsea were fifth in the table with 30 points from 19 matches.
The 42-year-old was appointed as Maresca’s successor and had a good start. He won six of the first seven matches at Stamford Bridge, and the defeat was against Arsenal in the EFL Cup.
In the next 16 matches, the Blues won four, losing seven of their last eight fixtures under Liam Rosenior. In April, Chelsea showed him the exit door, and Xabi Alonso took over as permanent manager in the summer.
Meanwhile, Rosenior returned to France to join Paris FC, where he has five wins and two draws in nine matches. This week’s edition of So Foot has published a detailed interview with the Ligue 1 side’s manager.
What went wrong at Stamford Bridge
When asked what happened at the Premier League side, he said: “It was the best experience of my life, and the hardest too. It was fantastic, even though it only lasted four months.”
“I don’t want to go into details now; I’ll talk about it one day, when the time is right. But in a country where tolerance is an important value, what happened there has nothing to do with football.”
So Foot weren’t satisfied with his response and pressed further.
Responding, Liam Rosenior explained: “I know, I answered without answering it. Actually, the moment that worried me the most was at the beginning, when we went through that five-game winning streak.”
“Any club would have been happy with such a run, but not Chelsea. You get good results and you’re in the spotlight. Then, there was a kind of snowball effect in the media. They made fun of those instructions I gave Garnacho on a scrap of paper when we were down to 10 men against PSG. The clothes I wore became a joke, the way I spoke too. I’m not a joke! You’re the first people I’m talking to about this, and probably the last for a long time, but one day, I’ll tell you what really happened.”
Unhappy with media treatment while at Chelsea
There were even suggestions that Rosenior talks like he’s talking to people on LinkedIn. Liam Rosenior wasn’t happy with the media reaction, and the Chelsea experience has helped him learn a valuable lesson.
“In England, there’s this preconceived notion of what a Premier League coach should be, how he should behave. You have to conform to that standard. People who know me know that I’m someone who tries to be sincere and authentic,” he concluded.
“But I don’t have control over how the media describes me or talks about me. What I’ve understood now, and this is important for all coaches worldwide, is that social media, or the media in general, can dictate public opinion about the quality of a player or a coach.”
“This isn’t new, of course, but the biggest lesson from my time at Chelsea is knowing that they are also capable of constructing the entire narrative around a club’s trajectory.”
