Chelsea sack manager Liam Rosenior after three months

Liam Rosenior has been sacked by Chelsea following a run of five consecutive Premier League defeats in which the team failed to score. The former Hull and Strasbourg boss signed a six-and-a-half-year deal in January and started brightly but the team have plummeted down the table and are almost certain to miss out on qualification for the Champions League. They were beaten comfortably 3-0 by Brighton at the Amex Stadium on Tuesday, widely considered to have been the team’s worst performance of the season.

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Brighton ease to victory over sorry Chelsea

Brighton produced a dominant 3-0 win to leapfrog Chelsea in the Premier League, boosting their European hopes while piling further misery on struggling visiting head coach Liam Rosenior. Goals from Ferdi Kadioglu, Jack Hinshelwood and Danny Welbeck lifted Brighton into sixth place, while Chelsea have now lost five consecutive league matches without scoring for the first time since 1912.

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Marco Rose to succeed Iraola as Bournemouth manager

Marco Rose has agreed to take over as Bournemouth manager on a three-year contract when Andoni Iraola leaves at the end of the season. Bournemouth announced last Tuesday that Iraola, 43, would not be signing a new deal at Vitality Stadium. German manager Rose was one of three candidates considered by the Cherries, along with Ipswich’s Kieran McKenna and Rayo Vallecano’s Inigo Perez. The 49-year-old has been without a club since he was sacked by RB Leipzig in March 2025 and has never previously managed in England.

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Bernardo Silva to leave Man City at end of season

After nine years and more than 450 appearances, Bernardo Silva will bring his glittering Manchester City career to a close at the end of the season. The 31-year-old, who joined City from AS Monaco for what now looks a modest £43m in 2017, confirmed on Thursday that he will leave the club when his current contract expires this summer. During his time at the Etihad, Silva has won 19 major trophies, including six Premier League titles and the club’s first Champions League trophy.

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Bernardo Silva set to leave Man City at end of season

Bernardo Silva is set to leave Manchester City this summer, assistant manager Pep Lijnders has indicated. The Portugal midfielder is in the final year of his contract and his future has been the subject of speculation throughout the current season. Lijnders appeared to confirm the 31-year-old’s imminent departure while carrying out media duties on behalf of manager Pep Guardiola after Saturday’s FA Cup win over Liverpool.

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