{"id":2595,"date":"2026-04-17T10:53:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=2595"},"modified":"2026-04-17T10:53:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:53:55","slug":"former-chelsea-and-arsenal-star-claims-english-clubs-discouraged-him-from-pursuing-a-coaching-career-before-he-eventually-started-in-italys-serie-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=2595","title":{"rendered":"Former Chelsea and Arsenal star claims English clubs ‘discouraged’ him from pursuing a coaching career, before he eventually started in Italy’s Serie B"},"content":{"rendered":"


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While contemporaries like Frank Lampard quickly rose to top positions, Cole insisted he deliberately chose to lay the foundations needed to be fully prepared for the pressure inherent in being a manager. He cited the likes of Thierry Henry and Carlo Ancelotti as inspirations, but remained determined to forge his own identity rather than simply emulating the coaches who came before him.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aware of his long-term ambitions and determined to make his mark through work rather than reputation, he explained: \u201cFrank Lampard was so good \u2013 he was already way further along than I was after he retired. I’m often compared to Frank and people ask me why I didn’t get a job. I wasn’t ready. It’s quite simple. I tried to lay the foundation and make sure I was ready for this opportunity. \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n

I will not become a Jos\u00e9 Mourinho \u2013 I have neither the stature nor the respect, because I have won nothing. Carlo Ancelotti is cool and calm, and he’s a successful player and coach, so I can’t be him. I can’t be a Rafa Ben\u00edtez. I take a little inspiration from them, but I stay myself, I trust my method and I focus on Cesena. I want to work and hopefully win a trophy one day. \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While contemporaries like Frank Lampard quickly rose to top positions, Cole insisted he deliberately chose to lay the foundations needed to be fully prepared for the pressure inherent in being a manager. He cited the likes of Thierry Henry and Carlo Ancelotti as inspirations, but remained determined to forge his own identity rather than simply […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}