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?
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