Strasbourg head coach Liam Rosenior says he is fully focused on getting the club into Europe next season, Afrosport reports.
The French side finished in 13th place last season, 10 points clear of the relegation zone, and have taken things up a notch this term as they currently occupy seventh spot and are just four points away from a Champions League qualification spot.
Rosenior, who replaced France legend Patrick Vieira last summer, wants his players to keep dreaming about the reality of playing with Europe’s elite for the first time in their history.
“My focus is on getting us into Europe,” he said. “You’re in football to dream. I never want to limit my players’ dreams. I’m not being arrogant, but… with eight games to play? Of course, it’s possible.
“I want my players to dream. I want them to believe they can win in every game they play.”
He added: “If you want to reach the Champions League or the Europa League, you have to beat the best teams.
“For me, it’s part of the process. It’s natural… You’ve just got to focus on the next game and do the best you can for that one.
“We’re in a position that I don’t think many people would have believed that we would be in even now. So, what we have to do is enjoy it. There’s no pressure on us.
“We have to go and play like we’ve been playing, play to win every game. And I think if we do that, and to the level that I expect us to play at, that we could have a really, really exciting end of the season.
“We might fall short. But it’s been a really successful season in terms of embedding the long-term identity of the club.”
Liam Rosenior: “It’s good that the players dream of the Champions League at the end of the season and that they want to achieve this goal, it makes me happy. I want to be the best coach in the world. Will I be? I don’t know. It’s important that they have big aspirations and… pic.twitter.com/3SUhBw16Oq
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Rosenior is the son of former Sierra Leone manager Leroy and has previously coached Derby County (as caretaker) and Hull City.
