Former Chelsea coach, Liam Rosenior, has been appointed as the new head coach of Paris FC, the club announced in a post on its social media page Tuesday morning.
Rosenior said he couldn’t wait to get started on the project and winning trophies with the club. “I am so happy to be the coach of Paris FC.
“I can’t wait to get started with the players and being in this stadium makes me feel so excited for the season to come. I am an English coach and I love football,” he said in a video.
“I want my team to enjoy playing football and to show themselves and play with intensity and enthusiasm. That is what I am about and hopefully I can bring that to this club,” he added.
The former Hull City coach was sacked by Chelsea in April after he succeeded Enzo Maresca at Stamford Bridge in January following disagreement with members of the club hierarchy.
Rosenior, 41, lasted less than four months at Chelsea but has moved back to France on a two-year contract, which is understood to include an option for a further season.
Rosenior, who was with Strasbourg before taking the Chelsea job, replaces Antoine Kombouare after Paris finished 11th in Ligue 1 last season.
The club, which is owned by the Arnault family with Red Bull as a minority shareholder, is ambitious to achieve more.
Paris FC said Rosenior was appointed because of his “wealth of experience at the highest level”, his ability to nurture young talent and his commitment to “attractive and attacking football”.
Rosenior began his coaching career with Brighton Under-23s before moving to Derby County, first as Wayne Rooney’s assistant before taking over as interim boss.
He was named Hull City head coach in 2022 and led them to 15th in the Championship in his first season and then seventh in his second, but was sacked having missed out on the play-offs.
Chelsea have replaced Rosenior with former Real Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso, with the ex-Spain midfielder the sixth permanent manager at Stamford Bridge in four years under BlueCo ownership.
