Rodgers’ job is safe

You would have been hard pressed at the start of the season to find anyone to bet on Liverpool's Brendan Rodgers becoming the first Premier League manager to get the sack, but he is now the bookies' joint favourite. Photo: Phil Noble

You would have been hard pressed at the start of the season to find anyone to bet on Liverpool's Brendan Rodgers becoming the first Premier League manager to get the sack, but he is now the bookies' joint favourite. Photo: Phil Noble

Published Nov 25, 2014

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Liverpool’s owners insist Brendan Rodgers’ position is not even up for discussion despite the club’s dreadful start to the season.

The manager admitted his job would be on the line after his side crashed to their fourth consecutive defeat at Crystal Palace on Sunday and that he was ‘not arrogant enough’ to think he was safe regardless of results.

But as he prepares to take Liverpool to Bulgaria for their vital Champions League clash with Ludogorets, there is not even the slightest suggestion that Fenway Sports Group, the club’s American owners, are contemplating making a change.

They backed Rodgers in the summer by giving him a new four-year contract after he had guided Liverpool to within two points of winning the title, as well as £116million to re-shape the squad following the sale of Luis Suarez.

Rodgers frequently says he has ‘good communication’ with FSG’s main men — John W Henry, Tom Werner and Michael Gordon — and FSG are convinced last season’s LMA Manager of the Year is the man to take Liverpool forward for the long-term. – Daily Mail

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