Liam Rosenior believes he can prove himself to be a success as Chelsea’s new head coach and has claimed, “I’m not arrogant, I’m good at what I do”.The 41-year-old will take charge of his first game at Charlton on Saturday in the FA Cup third round after joining from Strasbourg, who are owned by Chelsea’s parent company BlueCo.
Despite his lack of experience at a top-level club and having managed barely 100 matches altogether, Rosenior insists he never ruled out one day being in charge of Chelsea, having initially been labelled a “joke” by the media at Strasbourg.
“You don’t limit your ambitions,” the former Hull City boss said on Friday. “I’m not arrogant, I’m good at what I do. In every job I’ve worked, whether as an interim, assistant, head coach, relative to the group I’ve worked with, I’ve been successful.”I’ve always wanted to be at a club like this but it’s not about just being here, it’s about being successful. Nobody can guarantee wins but at the same time I’ve worked very hard for a long time to try and put myself in a position where I can be successful.
“When I went in at Strasbourg, they said I was a joke in the media. They said my team would finish last, that it was an impossible project, the players were way too young, too inexperienced, and that I was a nobody from England.
“We finished three points outside the Champions League. The outside noise is just noise. If you focus on the job, your players and staff, and your process, I feel like you can do amazing things.
“I am not promising it, I am working towards it, but I believe very strongly we can be successful here.”At a club of this stature, fans want success and have every right to want success now. To win over the fans, I need to win games. I think they need to see a team that represents them. I was born not far up the road.”It’s about hard work, determination. We’re trying to build something in a different way. I’m very confident that in time, we’ll show people why we’ve done it this way.”
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