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Original Title: Ashley Cole on being a manager: "I was getting kind of discouraged by a lack of opportunities, from some clubs in England I spoke to. They like to throw the ‘you don’t have experience’ line. And I’m like, I get what you’re saying, I agree - but how am I going to get experience?”
However, a lack of head coach opportunities in England has led him back to Italy - where he played towards the end of his career with Roma - to take the reins at Cesena.
“I was getting kind of discouraged by a lack of opportunities, from some clubs in England I spoke to,” Cole told BBC Sport.
"They like to throw the ‘you don’t have experience’ line. And I’m like, I get what you’re saying, I agree - but how am I going to get experience?
"That’s the battle you have to fight as a number two for six or seven years - you have to take a leap of faith, but a club also has to take a leap of faith.
"I don’t think there are too many black English coaches working in Italy, so yes, it is a massive leap of faith from them and I’m very proud to be here.
“It is a great place to be and to start. I’m glad I’m back. We’re going to do something different - a bit special.”