Roy Hodgson named as new Liverpool FC manager

[Mark (Blue Army)]

Roy Hodgson named as new Liverpool FC manager

ROY HODGSON will be officially named Liverpool’s new manager tomorrow (Wednesday).

The 62-year-old is due on Merseyside to complete the formalities of signing a contract after the Reds agreed a compensation package in the region of £2million with Fulham for his release.

Cordial negotiations have been ongoing in the past 72 hours between Liverpool’s Managing Director Christian Purslow and Fulham Chief Executive Alastair Mackintosh and they have now reached a successful conclusion.

Though Liverpool – who have remained tight-lipped throughout their search to replace Rafa Benitez – were linked with a clutch of names, Hodgson was always the number one candidate.

Other names in the frame included former Real Madrid boss Manuel Pellegrini, Galatasary’s Frank Rijkaard and Didier Deschamps of Marseille, while Kenny Dalglish also made it clear he was desperate to take the job on.

Dalglish had initially been named as part of the recruitment process but he was desperate to have a second crack at the post he occupied between 1985 and 1991 when he felt his claims were as strong as the other candidates.

The board, though, were anxious to pursue Hodgson and Liverpool will be his 16th job in a managerial career that has spanned almost 35 years.

It had been mooted that Hodgson, who is expected to bring his trusted assistant Mike Kelly with him to Anfield, would be favourite to become England manager if the Football Association decided to sack Fabio Capello.

However, it is understood the delay in Hodgson being appointed to his new role had nothing to do with him waiting to see what happened with England.

One of Hodgson’s first jobs at Anfield will be to ratify Yossi Benayoun’s move to Chelsea after the clubs agreed a fee in the region of £6m for the Israeli midfielder.

Liverpool Echo

[colonel_muck]

roy is your classic small club manager. a load of lads who love muck in to punch above their weight. people like steven gerrard and fernando torres cannot understand this mentality. they will not give him the respect he deserves when the going gets tough. it's going to be a disaster for all involved. liverpool fans will not give him the time he deserves. great manager and glad to see him getting rewarded for it but wrong decision. mind you i thought they should have kept benitez.

[dazby]

I'm intrigued to see who Fulham get in now. Very intrigued. It's intriguing. I am filled with intrigue. Positively bursting at the seams with intrigue.

[Kyle]

I'm intrigued to see who Fulham get in now. Very intrigued. It's intriguing. I am filled with intrigue. Positively bursting at the seams with intrigue.

Fabio Capello?

[Chopper]

My spidey senses are tingling.

Wonder if the sparkster will be touted?

[Mark (Blue Army)]

My spidey senses are tingling.

Wonder if the sparkster will be touted?

It's possible, he turned down the chance to become manager of Al Ahli recently so i wouldn't be surprised if he took the Fulham job.

[Florida Blue]

I'm intrigued to see who Fulham get in now. Very intrigued. It's intriguing. I am filled with intrigue. Positively bursting at the seams with intrigue.

Sven!

[DoomMerchant]

My spidey senses are tingling.

Wonder if the sparkster will be touted?

It's possible, he turned down the chance to become manager of Al Ahli recently so i wouldn't be surprised if he took the Fulham job.

Fulham could do loads worse than Mark Hughes that's for sure. He'd do really well for them i think. He's a good manager.

cheers

[ross.mcfc]

Hughes would be a good shout for Fulham. They have a decent squad who should easily be above the relegation zone.

John Collins might be a good outside bet.

[ryanmjo]

It will be interesting to see if Roy tries to bring some Fulham players with him to Anfield. I've heard both Dempsey and Zamora as names being tossed about.

[Dameerto]

He'd be crazy not to try and take Hangeland with him too.

[Exiled]

Shame that I hate Liverpool because I think Roy is a good person. Still, I hope he slowly fails over the course of the season, starting with the 1st game against us.

[Burt]

Fulham Chief Exec Alastair Macintosh.........................didn't he work for us not long ago?

[Chopper]

Smacks of desperation to me. Doubt he will work miracles at Liverpool.

[Scatman]

Fulham Chief Exec Alastair Macintosh.........................didn't he work for us not long ago?

Yes. He was the last competent Chief Exec we had.

[kinkylola]

Like Roy a lot .... It will be interesting to see what he does with lpool, could be the change they needed. Will it be enough to get stevie G and torres to stay? I can't imagine it would hype torres up too much, stevie G might know more about him, we'll see.

I think if he took dempsey and haangeland they would both improve lpool's squad

[Mase]

They'll go for Paul Lambert I reckon.

[Blue Blood]

Fulham Chief Exec Alastair Macintosh.........................didn't he work for us not long ago?

Yes. He was the last competent Chief Exec we had.

Ali Mac did a damn fine job here in tough conditions at the time. I still have no idea why we opted to let him go...

[btajim]

Hughes would be a good shout for Fulham. They have a decent squad who should easily be above the relegation zone.

John Collins might be a good outside bet.

Alan Curbishley will go to Fulham.

[Blue Blood]

Hughes would be a good shout for Fulham. They have a decent squad who should easily be above the relegation zone.

John Collins might be a good outside bet.

Hughes is waay outside the Fulham budget. Hughes is a damn expensive manager to sign these days, mainly because he believes he's bigger than jesus and as such asks for the earth in wages/transfer budget.