Tuesday, 29th June 2010

Reports in England suggest Roy Hodgson will be appointed as Liverpool’s new boss later this week, possibly as early as Thursday. The report by BBC Sport has identified Hodgson as the Anfield board’s choice and revealed that Liverpool were granted permission to speak to the 62-year-old two weeks ago.

Given that Liverpool have been able to talk to Hodgson for such a long period of time it appears strange that the club still approached Marseille as recently as last week, asking for permission to speak to Didier Deschamps. This comes after other reports indicated Liverpool were also keen on Galatasaray coach Frank Rijkaard.

Liverpool have felt that they needed to move quickly to secure the services of Hodgson who was immediately installed as the bookmakers’ favourite to replace Fabio Capello should the Italian leave his position as England coach.

The appointment of Hodgson is likely to underwhelm Liverpool fans, with the majority of supporters’ polls showing a large majority opposed to his arrival.

 

 

 

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