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Liam Rosenior ready for Paris FC project after 'learning lessons' at Chelsea

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Former Chelsea coach Liam Rosenior said Thursday he hoped his short stint in charge at Stamford Bridge would help him make a success of the "exciting project" he has undertaken at Ligue 1 club Paris FC.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rosenior-liam/4fMAHvLm/"]Rosenior[/a], 42, took over at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a] in January but oversaw just 23 matches before being sacked in April by the Premier League giants.[/p][p]"[b]We joined the club in the middle of a season and a difficult moment, and I have many lessons I've learned[/b]," Rosenior told reporters at his first press conference since being named [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/paris-fc/0OEHEprs/"]Paris FC[/a] boss.[/p][p]"[b]There are things that I definitely could have done better and things I could have taken accountability for but there are also good things in what we did as well[/b]."[/p][p]However, the Englishman said he bore no ill will to Chelsea, nor to his successor, Xabi Alonso.[/p][embed guid="02c94f5f-478c-4160-b45e-6ee6f3b500c2" url="https://x.com/ParisFC/status/2077765630590083336" social-type="twitter" /][p]"[b]I wish them all the best in the future. I think they have a fantastic manager, Xabi Alonso, now, and I will look out for their results[/b]," he said.[/p][p]"[b]But those lessons that I take away from Chelsea, we will put into this job and hopefully we'll help this club be a very, very big club in world football as well[/b]."[/p][p]Prior to taking over at BlueCo flagship club Chelsea, Rosenior made his name at another of the consortium's entities, French top-flight side [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/strasbourg/nP6UzIU1/"]Strasbourg[/a].[/p][p]"[b](Ligue 1 is) a fantastic league. I said that when I left for Chelsea. I feel like myself and the staff have joined such an exciting project, where the potential is so big[/b]," he said.[/p][p]"[b]It was something I couldn't say no to[/b]."[/p][p]Paris FC, owned by the LVMH luxury group, finished 11th in Ligue 1 last season.[/p]

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