Rosenior 'Taking a Break'
Saturday, 13th Jun 2026 11:57

Former Blues loanee Liam Rosenior appears to be out of the running for the vacant Town manager’s job with reports in France that the ex-Chelsea and Hull City boss is taking some time away from football.

Rosenior has been among the bookies’ favourites to take over from Kieran McKenna following the Northern Irishman’s shock decision to step away from Town on Wednesday.

However, L’Equipe reports that Ligue 1 OGC Nice made an approach to Rosenior, but were told the 41-year-old is currently taking a break.

There has been little change in the betting from yesterday with Bodø/Glimt head coach Kjetil Knutsen still the favourite, currently at 5/4.

Fellow Norwegian Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is now the second-favourite at 6/4 with Strasbourg’s Gary O’Neil, the early favourite, out to 7/2.

Rosenior is still listed at 5/1 with Cardiff’s Brian Barry-Murphy at 8/1 and Middlesbrough’s Kim Hellberg at 16/1.

We understand England assistant boss Anthony Barry was high on Town’s list of potential new bosses, but the Blues want to appoint their new manager within the next couple of weeks and the 40-year-old won’t be available until after the World Cup.

Barry, who was also eyed by Town two summers ago when McKenna’s Blues future was in doubt, has previously been on the staff with Chelsea, Belgium, the Republic of Ireland, Portugal, Bayern Munich and Wigan.

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BlueandTruesince82 added 12:03 - Jun 13 Excellent
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bluesissy added 12:09 - Jun 13 Great news
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Monkey_Blue added 12:13 - Jun 13

Some of the criticism of Rosenior has been way over the top. Everyone knows HE kept Derby up, not Rooney. In his first season as a Manager Hull finished 7th and whilst they had some good players, Rosenior had no say in the signings and whether they suited the way he wanted to play. He undeniably did well at Strasbourg with a team full of youngsters. Chelsea? People act like his record wasn’t nearly a 50% win rate. How many much more established managers got chewed up by the circus that’s set up at Stamford bridge. He mistake was taking the job but suspect there was a lot of pressure put on him to do so given Strasbourg have the same
Owners..He wouldn’t be top of my list but other than a brief stint at Chelsea he’s done well in his career.

jas0999 added 12:16 - Jun 13 Absolutely fantastic news. Hopefully Gary O’Neil is also unavailable!
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ringwoodblue added 12:18 - Jun 13 A good manager but not the right choice for Town at this point so glad he’s out of the running.
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blues1 added 12:19 - Jun 13

Some fans really are odd. Not so long ago fans were saying, with Mckenna tipped to maybe leave over tge past 2 years, thst they'd love to have Rosenior to replace him. Now, just bcse of what happened at Chelsea, they're happy he not in the running. He stood no chance at Chelsea. Its a total basketcase of a club, with players who just down tools at tge drop of a hat. Plus a squad with very little experience. Was on a hiding to nothing. Doesnt suddenly make him a bad manager. Personally would have been happy if he'd come here, as hes very similar to Mckenna, and would be a good fit.
Really is odd, how so many managers are suddenly taking a break from the game. Would never have happened in years gone by. Can only guess the pressure on managers is so much more nowadays, thst its making this happen.

Paulc added 12:21 - Jun 13 This is great news! No one has questioned his ability as a manager and Chelsea as a club is rotten so no inference to his awful time there. The reason he draws criticism is because he has conducted himself very very weirdly in recent months.
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RIPbobby added 12:23 - Jun 13 I would take a break too if I was sitting on that Chelsea contract. Lucky guy.
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blues1 added 12:25 - Jun 13

Ringwoodblue. Why dont you feel hes not the right choice? Very similar to Mckenna in his philosophy of how he wants the game to be played. So would be a good fit for us. Persilonallyxwould have been happy to have him here. As for whether he'd be my 1st choice? Dunno who would be tbh. Not much between any of the names who have been linked with the job. Just hope, whoever gets the job, whether some1 fans want or not, that everyonexgets behind him. Gonna be a hard enough job for him, following in from KM, without having fans in his back.

Klassic_Ben added 12:31 - Jun 13 Have to be honest wasn’t my preferred choice of manager though do think a lot of the criticism/stick he takes is rather unfair as isn’t football based. Will agree that his time at Chelsea did have a bit of a weird vibe to it though…
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bluesissy added 12:31 - Jun 13 Solskjaer at Portman Road toaday
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runningout added 12:35 - Jun 13 phew!
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chepstowblue added 12:37 - Jun 13 Thank Christ for that.
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Saxonblue74 added 12:46 - Jun 13 Good news for me, but only because I'd like to see Knutsen get the job.
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Lightningboy added 12:56 - Jun 13 Blimey..the poor overpaid dabs..wish i could afford to take a break from work whenever I feel like it. Bullet dodged there.
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blueboy1981 added 12:59 - Jun 13 Good Young Manager - going to Chelsea did him no favours other than his earnings ! He had no chance there to be fair.
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blueboy1981 added 13:21 - Jun 13

I do seriously question peoples Football knowledge sometimes - comments already on here justify that. Anyone would think we can choose whoever we want as Manager - simply we are still way off that level and only attempting again to establish as a Prem’ Club.
Rosenior is a Good Young British Manager with potential, not necessarily right for us right now - but doesn’t deserve to comments from some on here, which can only be seen as juvenile.
I guess we’ll see who applies, and choose from there.
Lets not run away with ourselves in terms of delusionment as to who we can get - just yet - stay first, then establish, and then we will have a far wider choice in the future, no doubt !
Sorry Hisssy Fitters, but that’s where we are in Reality.
One thing for certain there is a tough job ahead, and whoever becomes our next Manager / Coach will NEED 100% support from Fans.

aas1010 added 13:33 - Jun 13 Solksjaer in
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BangaloreBlues added 13:56 - Jun 13 Thank god for that.
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ashp19 added 13:59 - Jun 13 thank goodness
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trevski_s added 14:00 - Jun 13

For once I actually agree with BlueBoy (cant believe I just said that). Liam is a decent manager and did well at Hull and Strasbourg but his stint at Chelsea didnt do him any favours (but that also seems a common theme with Chelsea recently). Is he the sort of manager that would fit Ipswich though? No as we need someone that will really take on the Premier League

Knutsen is still my top pick followed by Solskjaer but who ever we get in lets get behind them as the Premier League is a very unforgiving league as we saw last time round and the last thing the team or the manager will need is fans turning on them. Just hopefully not another Paul

BeattiesBackPocket added 14:09 - Jun 13

One of the nicest guys in football however I can’t say I’d have wanted him. Great job keeping Derby up and decent job at Hull but then you also have to compare the fact the new hull manager had the same playing staff and has got them up so then how good of a job did he do I’m comparison? Chelsea’s a poison chalice why anyone would go there I do not know but again if you can’t do well with that size squad you shouldn’t be working. He did struggle there as well. Wish him luck but not for me.

BeattiesBackPocket added 14:12 - Jun 13 Agree with you blueboy1981 some fans have way, way to big expectations on managers and players on here sometimes
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Monkey_Blue added 14:12 - Jun 13

If Rosenior had or even does get the Job I’d see the long term potential and he would get my full backing. That’s the same with most we may appoint… some, I’d back the team and hope the manager won me over and proved me wrong. A Dyche like appointment would have to do a lot of winning over as I think his philosophy is quite narrow and can only take a team so far. Not keen on us picking a manager off the merry go round who’s had years in the business and peaked possibly a few years back.

chripswich added 14:13 - Jun 13 A lag of four weeks should not preclude someone who might be exactly the right long term answer (Anthony Barry) Which he is by the way. 100% Let Pert and Halajko and Turnbull liaise with him over transfers until he turns up in July Simple!
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