Chelsea manager Liam Rossiniar admits he doesn’t know what the consequences will be if the Blues fail to qualify for the Champions League.
Rosenior’s side lost further ground in the race for a top-five spot when they lost 1-0 at home to Manchester United.
As a result, Chelsea are 10 points behind the Red Devils and four behind fifth-placed Liverpool ahead of the Merseyside derby with Everton.
Before the game, Cole Palmer insisted he had no plans to leave Stamford Bridge and suggested qualifying for Europe’s elite competition would be “a good position to bring in the players we need”.
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Liam Rosenior says he is not surprised by rumors of Cole Palmer moving away from Chelsea at the start of the season.
However, failure to qualify for the Champions League this season could have an impact not only on players entering but also leaving next summer. And Rosenior admitted he doesn’t know how being eliminated from the competition will change the direction of his future plans.
“The honest answer is I don’t know,” Rosenior said in his post-game press conference.
“The honest answer is we are still fighting and whatever the situation is, we will resolve it at the end of the season.”
What Palmer said about Champions League qualifying
Palmer was asked about his future in west London in the interview. that guardianHe ignored suggestions that he could leave the club.
However, he stressed the importance of qualifying for the Champions League to secure the players needed to develop the team and help achieve long-term goals.
“I have no plans to move away from Chelsea. We still have a lot of work left to do,” he said.
Cole Palmer says Chelsea will be in a good position if they qualify for the Champions League.
“We are in the FA Cup semi-final against Leeds and if we qualify for the Champions League it puts us in a good position to get the players we need.
“We have spoken to the owners and they are confident in the players who will do it. Reece will not sign a six-year contract without speaking to the owners and managers.
“Me and Reece (James) talked a lot about what we need, what players we need to sign and what to do about it. He wouldn’t have signed a new contract if he didn’t know what was going on.
“Coaches are great and if they have a proper pre-season and communicate their ideas and way of playing properly, they become the best coaches.”
Rosenior said the ‘mountain’ of the Champions League was not ‘insurmountable’.
With just five Premier League games remaining, Chelsea will be relying on the likes of Liverpool and Aston Villa to regain Champions League qualification.
However, with the Blues under pressure from the likes of Brentford, Bournemouth, Brighton and Everton, they are likely to slip further down the table unless the Blues change their form.
The Blues have played six games in the Premier League, including the last four of their last seven. They have also failed to score in their last four games, their worst performance since 1912.
But Rosenior believes he still has a chance to compete in Europe’s elite competitions.
“It gives us a mountain to climb,” he added.
“It’s not an insurmountable task. We have to go to Brighton with the mindset that we need to win that game and go into the rest of the season.”
