Liam Rosenior takes training for first time after watching Fulham defeat

Chelsea have confirmed Liam Rosenior's backroom staff as he took training for the first time since being appointed head coach.

Daily Mail Sport exclusively reported on Thursday that caretaker Calum McFarlane would leave his role as manager of the Under 21s to join Rosenior's team.

McFarlane, 37, will be an assistant, alongside Kalifa Cisse and Justin Walker, who have followed Rosenior to Stamford Bridge from the Blues' sister club Strasbourg.

Harry Hudson will assume the position vacated by McFarlane following his step up to the senior side, as reported by Daily Mail Sport.

McFarlane oversaw a 1-1 draw away at Manchester City before a 2-1 defeat at Fulham when Marc Cucurella was shown a red card after 22 minutes for denying Harry Wilson an obvious goalscoring opportunity.

McFarlane was left to oversee that trip after taking charge of training in the build-up, while Rosenior watched on from the Craven Cottage directors' box next to co-owner Behdad Eghbali.

Daily Mail Sport revealed Rosenior had personally asked McFarlane to become one of his assistants, after being impressed with how he managed the senior squad over the last week.

McFarlane's promotion may have taken him by surprise.

It was after the Fulham loss that he was asked whether he would be returning to become head coach of Chelsea's Under 21s, and the caretaker told reporters: 'As I'm aware, we're back with the Under 21s tomorrow.'

He took enough interest in the youth team to ask reporters: 'They're playing tonight, I don't actually know the score, I'd love to know the score if anyone knows?'

Chelsea's Under 21s lost 6-2 to Benfica in the Premier League International Cup.

Chelsea also announced Bernardo Cueva will be the set-piece coach and Ben Roberts has been named goalkeeper coach, while Ben Warner will be an analyst after also leaving Strasbourg.

Rosenior, 41, held his first training session as Chelsea's head coach at the club's Cobham training ground on Thursday.

His first game in charge will be the trip to Charlton in the FA Cup third round on Saturday.