Former Liverpool player http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robbie-Fowler-c31214 caste a warning shot at Brendan Rodgers that his stay at Anfield will not be a honeymoon, after reports surfaced that the Reds have handed him the management job on a three-year term.
According to different news reports, the Irishman received permission from Swansea City to hold talks with Liverpool representatives. The Merseyside club offered him a three-year management deal and Rodgers, is believed to have accepted the proposal and
is expected to make a formal announcement in a couple of days.
Assuming that the events transpire according to plan, Fowler opined that the Swans boss will face an uphill task to meet the ever increasing demands and expectations of the fans as soon as he arrives at Merseyside, and securing a top four finish will be
a must for him in the coming term.
He told the reporters, “The new manager will need to bring in new players again to take http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 from a top-eight club to a top-four club.”
The 37-year old Englishman also approved of the Reds decision to select Rodgers, highlighting his remarkable achievements at the Liberty Stadium. He indicated that the fact he worked alongside Jose Mourinho in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 further boosted his credentials.
He also viewed the Anfield job as a huge step forward in the Irishman’s managerial career and felt that he has got once in a lifetime opportunity to make his mark in the Premier League by helping the Reds get out of their current slum.
He continued, “For what Brendan Rodgers has achieved at Swansea, he deserves huge respect… It'd be a massive step up for Rodgers to manage Liverpool, if he gets the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684, as expected now.”
Liverpool sacked their Director of football Damien Comolli and manager Kenny Dalglish in the space of two months in the light of the Reds toilsome 2011/12 campaign.
However, the absence of a manager at Anfield for about two weeks now has allowed the Reds’ English rivals to gain ground on them in the summer transfer window.
Fowler was pessimistic about Liverpool’s chances of launching a sustained challenge for a Champions league berth next season, as he believed that the gap between them and the top four is likely to further widen at the end of the transfer window.
He went on to say that given Rodgers signs up for the Liverpool job, he will be in for a tough ride and predicted that the Reds will face another onerous spell in the coming term.
He added, “I have to say it, right now the 2012-13 season looks like it’s going to be another difficult one for Liverpool fans.”
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