In 2012, upon joining Liverpool, the Ulsterman declared adamantly to the Guardian that he would not work in that sort of arrangement.
“One of the items I brought up when I was speaking to the club was that I wouldn’t directly work with a director of football,” explained Rodgers to the Guardian three years ago.
“I feel that if you are going to do that as a club you have to do that first. That was my recommendation. If you want to have a sporting director, get him in and then you can pick your manager from there but if you do I won’t be the manager.”
“It’s absolute madness if you are the manager of the club and someone else tells you to have that player. It doesn’t work. I’ve had total clarity with that from the guys so I’ve got confidence that will remain.”
If he felt this strong about a DOF which is essentially a step up from the so called "committee" why did he accept the latter. Or is this where the spin started?
