It comes after Standard Sport reported earlier on Thursday that the Chelsea Under-21s head coach Calum McFarlane will be joining Rosenior as one of his coaches, having impressed Rosenior during his two-match stint as Chelsea’s caretaker head coach following the departure of Enzo Maresca.

Private equity firm Clearlake Capital owns over 60% of Chelsea’s shares. The remaining shares were divided between minority investors Mark Walter, Hansjörg Wyss and Todd Boehly, the latter of whom fronted the bid and often unfairly sees his name used to define Chelsea’s ownership.

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Leo Castledine is leaving Chelsea to join Middlesbrough on a permanent deal. Standard Sport understands the 20-year-old will sign a long-term contract with Boro, and his medical will be conducted in the north east on Friday. Chelsea have agreed a sell-on clause to be inserted into the deal.

Chelsea have been very careful to not infringe any UEFA rules in terms of their relationship with Strasbourg.They want to keep things above board, especially given they’re already in trouble with