Brendan Rodgers will cost Kop £5m
LIVERPOOL will have to pay Swansea City around £5 million if they are to make Brendan Rodgers the new manager at Anfield.
Rodgers held talks with Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins yesterday and, although the club insisted discussions were “routine”, speculation linking the Northern Irishman to the Liverpool job is gathering momentum.
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Brendan Rodgers
The Swansea boss turned down an approach to speak to the Reds 12 days ago, but the Merseyside giants are still believed to be keen on holding talks with the 39-year-old.
Rodgers signed a new contract earlier this year and, with three years left on his current deal, the Evening Post understands Liverpool will need to stump up £5 million in compensation if they are to take him from the Liberty Stadium.
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Rodgers had previously been on a rolling contract, but the three-and- a-half-year deal he penned in the spring will guarantee Swansea a big pay-day if their manager moves on.
A successful bid from Liverpool would equal the record compensation fee for a British manager, with Tottenham paying Portsmouth £5 million for Harry Redknapp in 2008.
One of the other leading candidates for the Liverpool vacancy, Wigan manager Roberto Martinez, held discussions with the Reds’ American owners yesterday, but Rodgers remains the bookmakers’ favourite for the job. Last night Rodgers was a 1-3 chance, with Martinez at 5-2.
Rodgers initially rejected the opportunity to talk to Liverpool as reports suggested the Reds were interviewing up to a dozen candidates in their search for a successor to Kenny Dalglish.
Louis van Gaal and Jurgen Klopp are among other high-profile names to have been touted as possible contenders, but it is Rodgers who seems to be Liverpool’s top target, even though Swansea insist there has been no fresh approach from the Merseyside club.
It is believed Rodgers’s future could also have a bearing on Swansea’s record £6.8 million deal for Gylfi Sigurdsson, which the club hope to complete this week.
Rodgers worked with the Icelandic midfielder when he was in charge at Reading in 2009, and it is feared Sigurdsson’s transfer could be in jeopardy if Rodgers leaves.
Comments
by Hadoken777
Wednesday, May 30 2012, 11:55PM
“No geraldine2, what do you think the next manager will require for a salary, a bag of chips?
Its gonna cost to replace rogers.”
by geraldine2
Wednesday, May 30 2012, 8:26PM
“£5,000,000 for sum decent players then?!?!”
by EvilGenius
Wednesday, May 30 2012, 5:30PM
“Typical of the Evening Post and it's negativity - why they dont rename it it the echo is beyond me. As for the sports editor and its department they should hang thier heads in shame for the way they've done it. How about showing shome positivity towards the local team or is it that the department are as biased as the lot 40 miles up the road.”
by smp1966
Wednesday, May 30 2012, 4:29PM
“I hate to say it, but having been on the receiving end at Watford and experienced the pledging of not only his loyalty but advising fans not to question his integrity when being linked with jobs elsewhere, that unfortunately words are very cheap and in the majority of cases mean very little. I think Rodgers will be making a mistake walking out on Swansea because he has done a tremendous job and thoroughly deserves the accolades that are coming his way. However money talks and it would appear that his current loyalty is being thoroughly seduced!!”
by divingtulip
Wednesday, May 30 2012, 4:16PM
“is the evening post a Swansea paper don't look like it to .that,s all they give a doom and gloom .they should support the team from Swansea...”
by Lezz_T
Wednesday, May 30 2012, 2:54PM
“Why would anyone be surprised if Rodgers goes?
The only loyal people in football are the hardcore 2/3000 fans who would turn up to watch games even if we were back down at the bottom of league 2.
Mercenary players, managers, back-room staff, directors and chairmen all come and go as they always have and always will.”
by bucko18
Wednesday, May 30 2012, 2:42PM
“DONT GO!!!!!!!!!
Dont make the biggest misktake of your life! like everyone else that leaves the swansa”
by Philosoraptor
Wednesday, May 30 2012, 2:33PM
“Martinez turned down Liverpool! That is why they are now trying to get talks with Rodgers! RM didn't want to work under a Director of Football that Liverpool are trying to set a position for. Does anyone see Rodgers being happy to work like that?”
by slagheap
Wednesday, May 30 2012, 2:32PM
“On BBC sport web site Rodgers to sign for Liverpool in the next 48 hours both clubs are discussing a compensation package the King is dead long live the King”
by leighrichards
Wednesday, May 30 2012, 2:30PM
“cheers for that correction phil....i hope you are proved right.....”