Liverpool closing in on appointing Fulham boss Roy Hodgson
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Managerless Liverpool closing in on appointing Fulham boss Roy Hodgson
Anfield switch: Fulham boss Roy Hodgson
Liverpool have closed in on Roy Hodgson and expect to announce him as their new manager next week.
It is understood initial contact has been made with Fulham and that chairman Mohamed Al Fayed has reluctantly accepted last season’s manager of the year will be installed as Rafa Benitez’s successor.
Hodgson, whose exploits with Fulham have put him in the frame to take over as England manager after Fabio Capello, is at the World Cup but has been made aware that Liverpool are primed to appoint him, ahead of Kenny Dalglish and Manuel Pellegrini.
Liverpool’s board carefully considered the claims of both Dalglish, who had asked to be considered after acting as adviser to managing director Christian Purslow, and Pellegrini, who led Real Madrid to a record points tally in La Liga but lost his job to Jose Mourinho after finishing second to Barcelona.
But they concluded Hodgson was best suited to reviving their fortunes. Ian Holloway has rejected a second contract offer from Premier League new boys Blackpool.
Former Scotland boss George Burley has been confirmed as Crystal Palace boss while Peter Reid, assistant at Stoke, is in the running for the Plymouth job along with Paul Ince and Paul Jewell.
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Originally posted by Poignant:
Managerless Liverpool closing in on appointing Fulham boss Roy Hodgson
Anfield switch: Fulham boss Roy Hodgson
Somehow Roy Hodgson's face is beginning to look 'evil'...He looks like some evil character in a super hero movie...
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im okay wiith roy but no 1 choice will be king kenny for me
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Originally posted by Poignant:
im okay wiith roy but no 1 choice will be king kenny for me
Kenny don't have it already lah... The guy lost it long ago... Roy would be a better choice... -
kenny feels closer, to me
