Jamie Carragher says Chelsea need new owners in furious takedown after Liam Rosenior axe

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Jamie Carragher has suggested that Chelsea need new owners in a blistering attack on BlueCo after Liam Rosenior became the fifth manager to leave the club during their tenure earlier this week.

Rosenior was handed a six-year contract back in January after being chosen to succeed the highly-rated Enzo Maresca . But the 41-year-old was axed on Wednesday - less than 24 hours after a chastening 3-0 defeat away at Brighton , which preceded an explosive post-match interview in which Rosenior pulled no punches with his criticism of the Chelsea team.

Chelsea are eighth in the Premier League at present and with Liverpool seven points ahead of them having played a game less in fifth, there is now a real risk that a disappointing 2025-26 campaign will result in them failing to qualify for the Champions League .

And following another turbulent campaign under BlueCo, who acquired the club in 2022, Carragher has branded them an "unmitigated failure", saying that the departure of another manager suggests that Chelsea "need a new owner as much as another head coach".

“Liam Rosenior’s appointment – and inevitable downfall – is a symptom of mismanagement above,” the former Liverpool and England defender said in The Telegraph .

To have invested so much since 2022 for so little reward – with the never-ending claim that the club is 'building for the long term' – is a damning indictment of a catalogue of terrible decisions.

“From the outset, Chelsea’s executives have acted as if they are smarter and more perceptive than anyone who has run a football club. They have become the most extreme example of a club that views players and coaches as mere pawns. Their mission seems to be proving that the real visionaries, intellectual powerhouses and charismatic personalities responsible for success are to be found in the boardroom, not on the pitch or in the training centres.

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“Their dismal reign is a cautionary tale to others. Success is the result of collaboration, when the best in class are operating at all levels. Once power switches to the directors rather than those who work daily on the training ground to improve performances, this is the outcome: carnage, with a disconnect between fans, players, managers and the directors.”

Chelsea have churned through managers at an alarming rate since Behdad Eghbali and Todd Boehly came to power in 2022, with Thomas Tuchel being dismissed shortly after BlueCo acquired the club. Graham Potter and Mauricio Pochettino followed before Maresca and then Rosenior.

The club have also spent over £1.5billion on transfers under the current regime yet are arguably in a worse position than they were previously with question marks over the squad which has been built.

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After also calling out the "gimmick" of handing out seven-year contracts to players and warning top stars could depart if things do not improve, Carragher continued: “Supporters’ protests and their chants against the Chelsea board have been growing for six months. Given the track record of those in charge, they will not end soon. Recent events have amplified how poorly the policies under BlueCo have gone.

“Those in charge at Stamford Bridge wanted to go about their business in a different way from Roman Abramovich. They have certainly managed that, spending over £1.5bn to make Chelsea less successful, less feared, less respected and less profitable. A trophy-winning machine has been transformed into an expensive, failed football experiment.”

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