Roy Hodgson appointed as new Liverpool manager (1/7/10)

Roy Hodgson has been appointed the new manager of Liverpool on a three-year contract.

The 62-year-old former Fulham, Inter Milan and Switzerland manager will hold a press conference this afternoon following the first day of pre-season training at Melwood.
He told the club website: "This is the biggest job in club football and I'm honoured to be taking on the role of manager of Britain's most successful football club. I look forward to meeting the players and the supporters and getting down to work at Melwood."
Hodgson succeeds Rafael Benitez, whose six-year spell at Anfield was ended by mutual consent after a disappointing season.
Liverpool had remained tight-lipped regarding developments in the search for Benitez's replacement, leaving numerous names to be linked with the post.
Former Reds boss Kenny Dalglish, now an Academy ambassador at the club, was tasked with assisting managing director Christian Purslow in identifying the right man before emerging as a serious candidate for a second stint at the helm.
Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill, Marseille coach Didier Deschamps, Galatasaray's Frank Rijkaard and former Real Madrid manager Manuel Pellegrini were among those also talked about, but Hodgson was widely believed to be the number one contender.
The Fulham manager's stock has risen sharply since guiding the unfancied Cottagers to the final of the Europa League last season - beating Juventus along the way.
A seventh-place finish in the 2008/09 Premier League campaign also represented uncharted territory, and Hodgson excelled in the league once again last term as he kept Fulham comfortably in mid-table throughout.
He was named manager of the year by the League Managers Association in 2009/10. Hodgson started out in management in 1976 with Swedish side Halmstad and also counts Bristol City and Blackburn among his former clubs.
He has also managed at international level with the Swiss plus Finland and United Arab Emirates.

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[carpdiem88]

this was not a dream. it happened & thank god they got rid of him

[Bucketheadhead]

He was the worst thing that ever happened to Liverpool.

[choclatesaltyballz]

PLEASE TELL ME THIS WAS A BAD DREAM

[Kazakhstan12345]

Thank god Liverpool got rid of him.

[ICERYDER92]

Roy is a good manager but he had his chance. Look at the state Liverpool are in, Out of the Carling Cup, 19th in the table and Europa League well i expected better. I had a bad feeling about Hodgson and I was right. Now that we have new owners, they need to replace Hodgson before he embarasses us even more. Bring in Frank Rijkaard, Luis Van Gaal, Joachim Löw or Marco Van Basten. For now, I'll support Hodgson for success.

[Abdikareem0]

Rijkaard might succeed him, I read in some websites.

[DANIEL100012]

Should of gone for Manuel Pellegrini

[TheJoeyl]

@mogroov werent the rest of the squad crap? jamie may be slowin but hes a legend hahah and hes good enuff for liverpool if hes not cutting it theres always agger and skrtel we can count on yes you enjoy your history aswell hahahaha

[TheJoeyl]

@mogroov haha gerrard is far from finnished he,s in his peak hes only 29 and if torres does go to manchester city i believe roy hodgsons a decent enough manager who will replace him i think in my opinion there talkin wot 70 million for torres hodgson worked miracles under a small bugdet at fulham so why not us we would be able to replace torres and restructure the team dont want torres to go but if he dosent want be here we should take the money

[TurbulentG]

just wait till we become the richest club on the planet you cunts slagging us off coz weve been fucked over by some crooked yanks in a way i think the yanks will be the best thing that has ever happened to liverpool becuase we will get proper owners owners with money a new stadium this will never happen again and with roy in charge and money from the new owners we will be winning the title believe me boys !!! Youll Never Walk Alone Come on roy the boy