Kenny Dalglish was given the boot after just 16 months at the helm. After not winning the FA Cup final and ending the Premier League season on a low, with 8. position, winning the Carling Cup wasn’t enough to save him the job.
Now the
race is on to find his successor, and a number of names have been mentioned.
According
to Sky Sports Ian Ayre says no one has been contacted about the vacant
management job. But who know what’s going on behind the scenes?
The Independent
claims Liverpool’s American owners the past two weeks have made contact
with Andre Villas-Boas in an attempt to establish his interest in taking over
at Anfield.
- Villas-Boas
follows football, but there have not been any official offers for him yet, his
agent, Carlos Goncalves told the website Calciomercatoweb.
- If an
interesting project comes about then we will certainly take it into
consideration, he continued, and wouldn’t Liverpool be just that?
Former
Liverpool FC legend John Barnes thinks Villas-Boas would do a good job if
appointed.
- His
footballing philosophy and his style of play fit. He proved he could win things
at Porto. He was at the right club at the wrong time with Chelsea. There were a
lot of problems for him there because of the older players. He is a proven
manager and he would be coming into a humbler squad than the one at Chelsea if
he came to Liverpool, Barnes told The Daily Post.
Elsewhere Dave
Whelan has confirmed to The Times that LFC have asked for permission to speak
to Roberto Martinez, the Wigan manager.
According
to Goal.com Martinez is scheduled to fly to Boston next week to begin
negotiations with Fenway Sports Group. They claim Martinez could be confirmed
as the new Liverpool manager by next week should talks progress smoothly.
In addition
their claim is that Andre Villas-Boas is considered the back-up for Liverpool
if an agreement cannot be reached with Martinez.
Other names
being mentioned today are Brendan Rodgers, Frank Rijkard and former manager Rafa
Benitez.
