Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior admits he's thrilled to have other people taking care of the club's transfer business - leaving him to focus on the football.

The former player was hired this month to lead the Blues, who axed Enzo Maresca on New Year's Day. He's yet to preside over any major new arrivals despite the January transfer window presenting an opportunity to bolster the squad he's inherited.

Chelsea's transfer business is led by a five-strong sporting director set-up, led by Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart but also includes Joe Shields, Sam Jewell and Dave Fallows. They adopt a collaborative approach, which is becoming increasingly popular in the modern game.

Rosenior was quizzed on whether the end of the January window would see his workload increase, but the ex-Hull boss was complimentary and grateful to have people within the club who take care of that aspect.

He said: "That's the beauty of being a head coach within a structure: I'm not an old-school manager that's got out the phone and is making calls. I've got the best people, I think, in world football working on those things. I probably see the last two per cent of the work they do, which allows me to focus on what I need to focus on: the team and the performance."

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The new man in the dugout admits he prefers that way of working because he "wants to be on the training pitch". His previous gig at Strasbourg, also under the BlueCo umbrella, meant he was well versed in the structure he was walking into.

Maresca was thought to want more control and influence prior to his departure, which ultimately led to him and the club going their separate ways. Chelsea's model very much leaves the head coach to lead the team from a footballing point of view, but it doesn't necessarily mean he will get everything he wants when it comes to new players.

Maresca knew what he was signing up for in terms of the transfer policy when he arrived from Leicester. Chelsea look to sign the world's best young players from 'lesser' leagues, their pursuit of Enzo Fernandez when at Benfica a case in point.

But there were points of friction. The Italian boss went public as he made it clewar he disagreed the club's decision not signing a central defender after Levi Colwill injured his anterior cruciate ligament in pre-season. The club's hierarchy explained that they didn't want academy prospect Josh Acheampong to request a transfer, which ultimately saw Maresca back down.

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