Kenny Dalglish has finally returned to England following talks with Liverpool owners FSG.
The Liverpool manager remains in the hot-seat but the general consensus is that he remains far from secure.
Within the last hour, it has been claimed 'that it could be days before there are any announcements about the club's plans' (The Mirror), 'until the review is concluded it is impossible to say with any great certainty that Dalglish will be in a position to put those plans into practice' (The Times) and 'what the outcome of their discussions will be still remains unclear'. (The Independent).
Earlier today, KOPTALK sources claimed that Dalglish was a gonner. We couldn't back up their claims which is why we added in the same item that this hadn't been confirmed and that there was no official word to this effect. Naturally some people will choose to forget that bit. Today's source may prove to be wrong but it would be naive of us to dismiss them so soon just because nothing has given - yet. There could still be further developments and while we always encourage you to draw your own conclusions and form your own opinions about anything relating to the club, we sadly feel that this saga is far from over.
While we stayed clear of the multiple conflicting claims that he'd been fired or had resigned - which were played out by supporters and some media outlets - we continued to sit tight and digest the hysteria surrounding the matter. It certainly made for an interesting day.
Respected contributors to our members website have been providing additional snippets of information and commentary and we share many of their views. And as we stated throughout the day, we don't like the uncertainty. Whatever the outcome, we just want to put it to bed so that we can concentrate on next season, especially now that the transfer window is open.
We don't expect the club to respond to all speculation and rumours but when the manager feels the need to jump on a flight to Boston seeking answers, then there's something wrong. Some will argue that this was a scheduled meeting but with the owners having only recently returned to America we fail to accept that what was discussed over the last 24 hours couldn't have been discussed when they were last here. While a season review is always on the agenda, the last 24 hours has been rather bizarre. Dalglish wanted to know where he stood and rightly so. We applaud him for taking it to them.
Roberto Martinez and Rafa Benitez remain the favourites to replace Dalglish who is now set to jump on another plane with his family for a well deserved break.
Now it's up to FSG to determine what happens next.
