Next Chelsea manager: Calum McFarlane reacts to Liam Rosenior sacking, takes firm stance over reasons

Interim caput manager Calum McFarlane has acknowledged that helium is "gutted" implicit Liam Rosenior's exit from Chelsea.

On Wednesday evening, it was announced that Rosenior had been sacked from his relation aft conscionable 23 matches successful charge.

That improvement was a effect of the Blues suffering 5 successive Premier League defeats successful games which they person besides failed to score.

McFarlane has been placed successful complaint for the remainder of the season, his archetypal lucifer being a mammoth FA Cup semi-final against Leeds United connected Sunday afternoon.

Speaking astatine a property league connected Friday, McFarlane admitted that helium was bittersweet to spot Rosenior depart Stamford Bridge.

McFarlane reacts to Rosenior Chelsea exit

When asked by reporters if helium had spoken to Rosenior, helium said: "He was good. It was a bully conversation. I've got a batch of respect for Liam.

"I didn't cognize him earlier helium came to the nine and helium welcomed maine successful brilliantly and made maine a portion of his staff. I person a truly bully narration with Liam and I'm gutted that it hasn't worked out."

At the opening of the media briefing, McFarlane was quizzed connected the mediocre level of Chelsea's caller performances and what had gone incorrect down the scenes oregon connected the pitch.

However, helium refused to get involved, saying: "It's not my spot to accidental what's gone incorrect oregon what's gone right. My afloat absorption is connected Leeds.

"We've got a massive, monolithic crippled connected Sunday. So each I'm reasoning astir is Leeds arsenic a team, weaknesses, strengths, our strengths, our weaknesses and however we're going to hole for that game."

He added: "I didn't accidental I don't cognize what they are, I said I'm not going to sermon them today. All our absorption is connected improving the squad show for Leeds United."

In effect to different question, McFarlane claimed: "What's gone connected successful the past doesn't request to beryllium spoken about."

No surprises successful McFarlane property conference

There volition beryllium a consciousness of vexation that McFarlane was not much unfastened astir Chelsea's evident issues.

Supporters, themselves, consciousness incensed by the level of the caller displays, and are hopeless to spot improvements.

Nevertheless, arsenic overmuch arsenic McFarlane spoke successful much item erstwhile helium was successful impermanent complaint successful January, it was ne'er going to beryllium the lawsuit here.

He is besides close to absorption connected the upcoming game. If Chelsea tin scope an FA Cup final, it would astatine slightest rise spirits up of a Premier League run-in of Nottingham Forest, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland.