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We’re back aboard the managerial merry-go-round this week as THE BEST LEAGUE IN THE WORLD™ has claimed its first victims, sending football’s revisionists sprawling for their Big Book o’ Stats to identify where it all went wrong.

After showing great character for weeks by denying that anything was going monumentally wrong at Anfield, the Liverpool board have finally shown themselves to be a really honest group and said, “Okay. Brendan, it’s time to go.”

Despite leading the Reds to second place in the Premier League just two seasons ago – a feat which most revisionists are now regarding as an implosion rather than any kind of achievement – Brendan Rodgers has been sacked after questionable dealings in the transfer market which saw the likes of Iago Aspas and Lazar Markovic slip in and out of the club like they were just a bad dream, and a series of flat performances including a 1-1 draw with League 2 Carlisle.

The gossip now turns to who will replace him with Jurgen Klopp thought to be the apple of the club’s eye and would definitely be the fan’s choice, but two Italians are also in the frame, former Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti and… err… Roberto Di Matteo

You might laugh at the prospect of Roberto Di Matteo taking a major job in England again, but after an abortive spell with Schalke, this Champions League-winning coach might be looking to come home to his adoptive country and could put right many of the wrongs at Liverpool.

No… actually… keep laughing. Roberto Di Matteo! Come on, Rumour Mill, what are you thinking?

Poor old Dick Advocaat though, eh? He took the Sunderland job last season, put right many of Gus Poyet’s wrongs, saved the beleaguered Black Cats from an inevitable relegation and did so with such aplomb that the club were desperate for him to stay on. After fans of the club bombarded his wife – who wanted him to retire – with flowers, he eventually decided to take the job full time.

Of course, the Sunderland job is something of a poisoned chalice at the moment with rumours of a massive drinking culture and divisions in the squad floating around with a stench worse than Steven Fletcher’s scoring record. While Sunderland fans might be pleased to see another downtrodden manager get out of dodge, eventually they’re going to have to look at something more long term than just having a Knight in Shining Armour save them from relegation every season.

Not this time around though, the favourite to take the job is Sir Sam of Allardyce.

Best of luck with that, Sunderland.

Michael Park
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Transfer Nonsense: Roberto Di Matteo – Can He Fix Liverpool?

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