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Other than accidentally being inducted into the Manchester "United" hall of fame by City chief executive Garry Cook, Uwe Rosler has not really been heard of in recent years.But all that is about to change, with the former City striker set to get his first break in management in England with reports suggesting he will take over at League One side Brentford on Friday.
The German left City in 1998 after becoming a firm favourite with the Maine Road crowd in a four-year spell.
While he was at Lillestrom in 2003 he was diagnosed with cancer but took his coaching badges while he was in remission and went on to have a reasonably successful career in Norway.
After taking over at Lillestrom in 2005, he guided them to two straight fourth-placed finishes, then left for a three-year stint at Viking Stavanger and had a short spell at Molde, keeping them up before being replaced by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at the end of last year.
That prompted Rosler, 42, to return to the Manchester area with his family to look for work in November and he was linked with the vacancies at Preston and Burnley at the turn of the year.
In November he told the 'Manchester Evening News': "I make no bones about the fact that I want to manage an English club one day. I've already got six solid years of management under my belt from my time in Norway and at 42 I'm as fit as I ever was.
"Of course, I accept that I will have to start from scratch but I am open to offers from any club, in any capacity, in any part of the country.
"Wherever I end up at, my family will remain in Wilmslow, so of course it would be nice to be offered a job by a club in the north-west but this is the start of a new career in England so I'm not in a position to pick and choose.
"I just need to get my foot in the door somewhere and I'll be up and running. I've set my sights on becoming the manager of an English club one day and I won't rest until I have achieved that ambition."
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