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Colin Sheridan: Liam Rosenior at Chelsea feels both hopeful and cruel

Of all the clubs to make this leap, it had to be Chelsea.
Colin Sheridan: Liam Rosenior at Chelsea feels both hopeful and cruel

BLUE IS THE COLOUR: Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior acknowledge the fans. Pic: John Walton/PA Wire.

Every now and then English football briefly allows itself to believe it has learned something. The appointment of Liam Rosenior as Chelsea manager feels like one of those moments.

Rosenior is young. He is English. He is black. And now he is in charge of one of the most scrutinised, commercially bloated, politically complicated clubs in the global game. On the surface, this looks like progress - not the corporate, campaign-poster version of it, but the real kind, rooted in trust and responsibility rather than slogans.

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