CHELSEA have confirmed Liam Rosenior’s backroom staff.
And caretaker boss Calum McFarlane WILL remain involved in first team matters.
New Blues boss Rosenior will take charge for the first time this weekend as his side make the short trip to Charlton in the FA Cup.
And he will be joined by some familiar faces.
Justin Walker and Kalifa Cisse have followed Rosenior from former club Strasbourg and will work as first-team coaches.
While Ben Warner, who was also with Rosenior at the Ligue 1 club, has moved over first-team analyst.
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Ben Roberts has been appointed goalkeeper coach, while Bernardo Cueva has retained his position as set-piece coach.
McFarlane, 37, leaves his role as Under-21s head coach to join Walker and Cisse as a first team-coach.
He is understood to have impressed Rosenior during his caretaker stint, notably earning a point at Manchester City last weekend.
The former youth coach has been replaced in his former role by Harry Hudson.
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Following the Blues’ 2-1 defeat at Fulham on Wednesday night, McFarlane lifted the lid on his first interaction with new boss Rosenior: “Liam arrived an hour or so before training on Tuesday.
“We were having a team meeting to outline what training looked like and he came in beforehand and spoke to the players about how excited he is to be at the club, his values, what he wants to bring to the team and what the objectives are.
“He then stepped away, but knew the game plan from watching the meetings back. He then watched training, and I spoke to him afterwards about what we were going after [against Fulham].
“Because he came in so late, we had already done the prep, so he left it to us.
“Other than encouraging words and being really complimentary about the work we have done, [he didn’t say anything].
“He gave us free rein to pick the team and decide the tactics.
“We are pretty aligned in how we think about football; if it were completely the other way, maybe it would have been different.
“But he has been really respectful and trusting and let us get on with this job before he starts with the group tomorrow.”
Earlier today, Rosenior took Chelsea training for the first time.
On the Blues’ fresh start under their new boss, Jorrel Hato told the club’s website: “Everyone is excited to work with the new coach and the new energy he brings.
“It has been a difficult time, changing managers and the last couple of games we didn’t win, but now with the new manager we have a fresh start for everyone.
“I have a lot of faith in my team-mates and in the new manager to be better and win these games.
“He spoke to us about the winning mentality, so we’re looking forward to getting started.”
