12/14/2014 10:04:00 PM
Big News: Title-winning boss will take the LFC job 'now' if 'Liverpool ask'. Sack BR?
Last season, 'wonderful' Ajax boss Frank De Boer (RDB) revealed that that FSG approached his brother, Ajax manager Frank De Boer (FDB), about the possibility of replacing Brendan Rodgers at Anfield. FDB turned down the job, but with Rodgers in the last chance saloon at Liverpool, it seems that the Dutch legend is now open to taking the job.
In March, RDB told reporters:
"Frank has already denied Liverpool and Tottenham. Tottenham wanted to take him in January but Frank said no. He also said no to Liverpool last year [2013]".
Soon after, FDB admitted his interest in managing Liverpool, when he told the BBC:
"Those two clubs (Liverpool or Tottenham) are clubs that I think in the future I could be a manager of. I think the history of the clubs and what you can do with the team is my cup of tea"
When asked today about FDB's interest in managing Liverpool, RDB told Fox Sports:
"At the end of the season he surely could [take over at Liverpool]. Its a nice club. If Liverpool ask now he would certainly think about it. He would certainly not close the door immediately, like he did two years ago.”
Re RDB's claim that FSG tried to replace Rodgers during the 2012-13 season - it's pretty treacherous behaviour from John Henry et al, and echoes the Jurgen Klinnsman-Rafa Benitez debacle under Hicks and Gillett.
FSG basically went behind Rodgers' back and tried to secure a new manager on the sly, and if they'd achieved that, they obviously would've sacked Rodgers. Additionally, Ian Ayre must have known about it as I don't see how FSG could pursue new managers from the USA without Ayre's input.
It's likely that FSG approached FDB only months into Rodgers' first season, when Liverpool were struggling to stay in the top-half of the table (with FDB actually saying NO in 2013). Indeed, reports from that season add more weight to this theory. In February 2013 French newspaper Le Parisien, claimed:
"According to our information, Carlo Ancelotti was approached in November and December by three Premier League clubs including Manchester City and Liverpool"
http://www.liverpool-kop.com/2014/12/fra...sfer-news.html? 
