Chelsea have ‘chosen’ Andoni Iraola to be their next permanent manager and the Bournemouth boss has given his ‘priority’ to the move after being ‘seduced’ by the BlueCo project, according to reports.

BlueCo announced the club had ‘parted company’ with Liam Rosenior on Wednesday after the Blues lost five consecutive Premier League games without scoring a goal.

With Chelsea now seven points off Liverpool and Champions League qualification in fifth, and with the FA Cup semi-final with Leeds coming on Sunday, Calum McFarlane will return for a second interim stint of the season.

BlueCo vowed to ‘undertake a process of self-reflection to make the right long-term appointment’ in the club statement revealing Rosenior’s departure from the club.

It’s been an extraordinary speedy process according to a report in Spain which claims they have already ‘chosen’ Iraola as their next permanent boss.

The Blues bosses believe the 43-year-old, who will be a free agent in the summer after turning down contract extension offers from Bournemouth,
‘fits perfectly’ with their project and they’re ‘confident that the Basque coach’s methodology will be able to reactivate a young squad that has shown obvious symptoms of mental block’.