Liverpool winger http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Craig-Bellamy-c9471 spoke in favour of the Reds decision to appoint Brendan Rodgers as the new manager at Anfield and felt that he will be able to wriggle the Merseyside club out of their current morass.
Liverpool are expected to make a formal announcement some time on Friday over the Irishman’s installation, after reports indicated that he had agreed to sign a three-year contract with the club.
Following Kenny Dalglish’s ouster in view of the Reds catastrophic league campaign in the previous season, Liverpool had reportedly approached top-notch candidates for the post, with former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 boss Pep Guardiola and Jose Mourinho also linked with
the intriguing Anfield job.
After their prolonged search marred by rejections from different shortlisted candidates, the owners finally opted for the Swans boss and the decision was welcomed by Bellamy who believed he was the right man to pull http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 out of their current troubles.
He said of the Irishman’s selection, “I think they have made a very good appointment in Brendan Rodgers, I really do. He is very good guy as well, speaks well, knows his football, and he has proven himself.”
“Liverpool is a huge, huge challenge… So it is going to be a big test for him.”
The Welsh footballer’s comments were further echoed by the current Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho, who mentioned that he was happy to see him get a big http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 in Premier League as a reward for his hard work at the Liberty Stadium.
Rodgers started his managerial career at Reading, before making a move to Chelsea where he worked under Mourinho as a manager of the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/U-17-Youth-team-c40787.
The former Porto boss termed Rodgers as ‘a family guy’ and a good friend, and revealed his hunger of learning while working alongside him at Chelsea.
He told the reporters, “When he joined us at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 he was a young coach with lots of desire to learn.”
“But he was also a coach with ideas, who was ready not just to listen but also to communicate and share.”
Apart from his management role with the senior team at Swansea City and with the youth teams at Reading and Chelsea, Rodgers also remained the head coach of Reading and Watford.
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