Liverpool’s sacked manager Brendan Rodgers said yesterday he was “incredibly disappointed” to be leaving the club after almost 3-1/2 years in charge at Anfield.
The Northern Irishman, whose contract was terminated on Sunday after Liverpool’s 1-1 draw in the Merseyside derby at Everton, failed to win a trophy during his tenure.
“I am, of course, incredibly disappointed to be leaving Liverpool Football Club. It has been both an honour and a privilege to manage one of the game’s great clubs for the last three years,” Rodgers, 42, said.
“I have worked every day to represent the club to the best of my ability, to develop both individual players and a team that the club’s magnificent fans can be proud of.”
Rodgers is their first manager, besides current England boss Roy Hodgson, to fail to win a trophy in the first three years of his reign since Phil Taylor in the mid-1950s.
Liverpool have been linked with ex-Borussia Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp and former Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti.
Rodgers, who succeeded Kenny Dalglish at Anfield in June 2012, leaves the club in 10th place with three wins from their first eight games.