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Liverpool to hand Brendan Rodgers a new five-year deal amid rumours of Spurs interest
BRENDAN RODGERS is reportedly close to agreeing a new long-term contract with Liverpool.
Brendan Rodgers could sign a new deal at Anfield [GETTY]
According Newcastle owner Mike Ashley's website - Sports Direct news - Liverpool are worried Spurs could be in the market for Rodgers if they sack Andre Villas-Boas.
A Sports Direct source said: "My understanding is that Brendan is close to agreeing a new deal.
Andre Villas-Boas is under fire at Spurs [GETTY]
"I believe the club may want to make it a longer term five-year agreement and are hoping it can be sorted over the next few weeks."
Rodgers has got Liverpool playing an impressive brand of passing football which is yielding results.
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They sit second in the Premier League but Rodgers has less than two years left on his initial deal.
Anfield chiefs are now ready to ensure he stays at the club amid rumours he also has interest from Manchester City and Arsenal.
Despite a 6-0 hammering at the hands of City on Sunday, Spurs boss AVB insisted he is not feeling the pressure.
He said: “I have the confidence of the board. I have the confidence of my players and I have to move on to do a proper job.
The only conversation we had recently was two or three days ago. It was an ordinary meeting but we had a very, very brief chat about the game."
BRENDAN RODGERS is reportedly close to agreeing a new long-term contract with Liverpool.
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By Jack Wilson/Published 28th November 2013
According Newcastle owner Mike Ashley's website - Sports Direct news - Liverpool are worried Spurs could be in the market for Rodgers if they sack Andre Villas-Boas.
A Sports Direct source said: "My understanding is that Brendan is close to agreeing a new deal.
"I believe the club may want to make it a longer term five-year agreement and are hoping it can be sorted over the next few weeks."
Rodgers has got Liverpool playing an impressive brand of passing football which is yielding results.
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They sit second in the Premier League but Rodgers has less than two years left on his initial deal.
Anfield chiefs are now ready to ensure he stays at the club amid rumours he also has interest from Manchester City and Arsenal.
Despite a 6-0 hammering at the hands of City on Sunday, Spurs boss AVB insisted he is not feeling the pressure.
He said: “I have the confidence of the board. I have the confidence of my players and I have to move on to do a proper job.
The only conversation we had recently was two or three days ago. It was an ordinary meeting but we had a very, very brief chat about the game."
Well I thought it was better than re-upping him.
I defo don't want to see a pic of that
I think they just walk in and ask the first shop assistant what they reckon.
I know, its the first thing that came up on google, there was one other article with the exact same quotes, nothing else yet.
Yep, agreed. It seems a little early to give such a big commitment to him. I do believe in what he's doing, but I would hang on until the summer, and then only give an extension, unless he were to do some crazy like win the league.
Im pleased to if its true, think its pretty clear that hes the one for us.
I don't see any need to give him a 5 year deal just yet.
He's done okay so far but he needs to get us back into the top 4 and playing with purpose to really prove that he deserves an extension.
But it sounds as though he's getting his way behind the scenes if rumours are to be believed (Academy sackings) so it sounds like FSG are backing him and an extension is only a matter of time.
He's done okay so far but he needs to get us back into the top 4 and playing with purpose to really prove that he deserves an extension.
But it sounds as though he's getting his way behind the scenes if rumours are to be believed (Academy sackings) so it sounds like FSG are backing him and an extension is only a matter of time.
no it doesn't, history has proven that, consistency isn't proven over one or two seasons, it's built on and built on. These managers get success based clauses in the first instance as a starting point for that reason. The deals given to Rafa cost us, in contracts for him, his staff and shit loads of money spent on players of mixed success.
So for all him warranting the deal, we came out of it with one credible title challenge and the kind of domestic cup success you fucked Kenny over for. So was the 5yrs worth it? The squad is unrecognisable from when he left and we look like a decent domestic outfit after an 18 month makeover, rather than 3-4 years later. And I still wouldn't be actively looking at throwing years at Brendan
So that summarises Rafa's time here? Forgetting that he made us the team to beat in Europe. Took us to the league cup final with a decimated squad.
Won the Fa cup in his 2nd season, took us to a CL final in the season after that. Semi final after that, another semi final I think. Title challenge in the season before he left. Europa league semi final after that. All while qualifying for the CL in every season except his last. Does that not mean anything?
I have nothing against Rodgers, I think he's done a decent job, still I don't see any reason for us to give him a 5 year contract.
Longest serving managers at a club in PL:
Fergson (Man Utd) - 26 years
Wenger (Arsenal) - 16 years
Moyes (Everton) - 11 years
Pulis (Stoke) - 6 years
Pardew (Newcastle) - 2 years
Average Duration - Overall (Sorted by League):
Barclays Premier League 1.91
npower Championship 3.78
npower League One 1.35
npower League Two 2.04
Rodgers would do well to serve the full term of his original 3 year contract. A new deal should be tied to some incentives like automatic extension based on league position/trophy won - something similar to how some players' contract gets automatically extended after X amount of games or X yr deal with the club having the option to extend automatically for another year.
That said, seeing he's been given the trust/faith to bring in his own man for key roles (scouting, academy), he will probably need a deal of substantial length to reap the rewards?
Fergson (Man Utd) - 26 years
Wenger (Arsenal) - 16 years
Moyes (Everton) - 11 years
Pulis (Stoke) - 6 years
Pardew (Newcastle) - 2 years
Average Duration - Overall (Sorted by League):
Barclays Premier League 1.91
npower Championship 3.78
npower League One 1.35
npower League Two 2.04
Rodgers would do well to serve the full term of his original 3 year contract. A new deal should be tied to some incentives like automatic extension based on league position/trophy won - something similar to how some players' contract gets automatically extended after X amount of games or X yr deal with the club having the option to extend automatically for another year.
That said, seeing he's been given the trust/faith to bring in his own man for key roles (scouting, academy), he will probably need a deal of substantial length to reap the rewards?
We gave him a 5yr deal expecting to win the league. In his 6 years here he came close once, and arguably blew it himself, at the end of the day he lost his job because of his failure to mount consistent domestic challenges. No one can argue against the fact that he built on what Houllier did and put us back with the big boys in Europe, but domestically he did no more nor came any closer than Houllier did. Rodgers has us sat there now and I still wouldn't be talking about revising his contract. When we gave Rafa a 5yr deal, the goal wasn't to conquer Europe, we'd done that, the goal was to conquer the league, as it always has been. Europe is pretty much a financial aside, if it's importance was so great, it would have saved him his job. And for the record, you get fuck all for being a runner up or getting to a semi final.
Rafa's domestic record still reads:
1 FA Cup
1 League Cup
1 League Runner up.
Did we get our money worth really? You had a go at Kenny consistently enough. His domestic record in 18 months read:
1 League Cup
1 FA Cup Runner up.
There's not really a catastrophic difference in what they both did in England, because at the end of the day, as far as history goes, that's all they've blotted the history books with. Three domestic trophies between them, in practically 8 years of management and a hell of a lot of money wasted.
So again, Rafa shouldn't have got five years, Kenny shouldn't have got an extension and Rodgers shouldn't either.
Rodgers is not without his faults, but I feel that he is the type who can really build a team and the longer he stays at a club, the better his team will become. He is not a short-term manager. And his ability to admit his own mistakes quickly and move on makes it less likely that he will get entangled in some perpetual war inside his head and lose the plot the way Rafa did.
So yes, I would give him a contract extension now. We are going in the right direction, even if we're not there yet. Going back to square one at this point would be nothing short of devastating.
So yes, I would give him a contract extension now. We are going in the right direction, even if we're not there yet. Going back to square one at this point would be nothing short of devastating.
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