Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has admitted it would be “very difficult” for him to manage another English club.
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London - Brendan Rodgers has admitted it would be ‘very difficult’ for him to manage another English club as he stated his ambition to create an Anfield dynasty.
Having overseen a dramatic transformation in Liverpool’s season, Rodgers’ star is ascending once more and it has been speculated that he would be high on Manchester City’s wish-list if Manuel Pellegrini does not survive the end of this campaign.
Rodgers, however, has not been distracted by such talk as he is concentrating on making sure Liverpool fulfil the potential they have shown since he switched their system to 3-4-3 by finishing in the top four and winning silverware this season.
He signed a long-term contract extension last May and is focused on seeing the project through, with beating Blackburn at Anfield tomorrow and securing Liverpool’s first trip to Wembley since May 2012 the first target.
‘Where do you go from Liverpool, one of the biggest clubs in the world?’ said Rodgers. ‘You know when you join Liverpool you’re never going to manage Manchester United. You join Tottenham or Arsenal, the reality is you won’t do the other. You manage Swansea, you won’t manage Cardiff.
‘That is all hypothetical. Liverpool might sack me and then I need to be in work.
‘I’ve signed a deal here and I want to be here to see that through. Then, hopefully, I’ve earned enough time to warrant another deal, to keep growing and building here.
‘If I’m here after this year, it will be the longest period in any role I’ve been in football. I’ve always been the same. After three years, I’ve always moved a role or job.
‘I always saw Liverpool as a club that was going to be a destination for me, not somewhere that was part of the journey.
‘I really wanted to be here, follow some incredible managers with a support that is unrivalled, and to have success while knowing I was young enough to create and build something. That is why I came here. I know I need to justify that by working well and winning trophies. I hope that is the next step.
‘When you come here, that is what you are judged on. It is something (win trophies) I want to do for all the supporters and people here.’
Steven Gerrard could come back into the squad tomorrow if he shows he has fully recovered from the hamstring problem that has sidelined the 34-year-old for the last three weeks but, Rodgers says, there is no certainty the midfielder will go straight back into the starting line-up.
‘No one in the squad has a God-given right to walk back into the team,’ said Rodgers.
‘I have shown if players are performing well, irrespective of status or price, they play - simple as that.
‘The main thing is having him available. Having him back would make us a better squad.’
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