On April 22nd, Chelsea just sacked their manager Liam Rosignor after a brutal slump, marking a quick end to his six-and-a-half-year deal that started. Back in January, the team dropped five straight league games without scoring a single goal. The first time that's happened in 114 years, capped by a 3-0 loss to Brighton. Earlier this week, after that rough defeat, Rosignor called out the performance as damning and said the buck stops with him, admitting he needed to find players he could truly trust in tough spots.
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbank, the former Chelsea striker, admitted he was shocked by the timing, figuring they'd give Rosignor more runway despite the buy the pressure at a massive club like Stamford Bridge. Hasselbank gets it though, pointing to the heavy expectations from fans used to trophies in weekly battles, and those ugly stats left the board no choice. Now Callum McFarlane steps in as interim boss through the end of the season, kicking off with Sunday's FA Cup semifinal against Leeds as Chelsea pushes to steady the ship.