After turning down the chance to become the next Sunderland manager, this 40-year-old is now poised for a shock new role.
Sunderland took four months to eventually hire Regis Le Bris as their new head coach.
Michael Beale was sacked in February after lasting just 12 games in charge at the Stadium of Light, with Mike Dodds seeing out an eventual 16th place finish in the Championship as interim manager.
The search process to eventually land on Le Bris was a daunting one for Sunderland.
Sunderland owner Kyril Louis-Dreyfus was set on hiring Will Still following his Reims exit, though he eventually turned down the Sunderland job, later landing the RC Lens job.
Afterwards, Louis-Dreyfus and Kristjaan Speakman turned their attentions to Liam Rosenior following his Hull City exit at the end of last season.
Rosenior held initial talks and was wanted for a second round of discussions, but pulled out amid links to the Burnley job which Scott Parker eventually landed.
Now though, Rosenior is set for a shock new role.
Liam Rosenior set to become next Strasbourg manager
Reports from French outlet L’Equipe have revealed that Ligue 1 outfit Strasbourg are set to hire Rosenior as their next manager.
Strasbourg are the sister club of Chelsea and their last manager was Patrick Vieira ,who was sacked on Thursday after little over a year in charge.
Vieira won 35.90% of his games at the helm, achieving a 13th place finish in the French top tier last season; 10 points and three places above the drop zone.
How will previous Sunderland manger target Liam Rosenior fare at Strasbourg
For Rosenior, one of his main task’s will be to develop Chelsea’s younger players, as Vieira did with loanees Andrey Santos and Angelo last season.
But perhaps more important will be to beat the drop next season, which Vieira did comfortably last time round.
Why Vieira was sacked remains to be seen; he left by mutual agreement and so there may have been internal affairs that played a part in his exit.
Strasbourg have wasted no time in closing in on Rosenior who’s taking a big gamble by moving to a country with a new language, and having never played or managed in the country before.
But it’s a big job for Rosenior who’ll be out to prove his doubters wrong after being sacked, quite harshly in the eyes of many, by Hull City.