Roy Out, Dalglish In

On the heels of the Sky Sports article claiming that Roy Hodgson was "relishing" this Sunday's FA Cup match versus Man U comes another Sky Sports article (confirmed on Liverpool's website) that Hodgson is out by mutual consent and will be immediately replaced by Kenny Dalglish.

Dalglish is expected to manage the remainder of the season.

"Being asked to manage Liverpool football club was a great privilege," Hodgson said."Any manager would be honoured to manage a club with such an incredible history, such embedded tradition and such an amazing set of fans. Liverpool is one of the great clubs in world football. I have, however, found the last few months some of the most challenging of my career. I am very sad not to have been able to put my stamp on the squad, to be given the time to bring new players into the club in this transfer window and to have been able to be part of the rebuilding process at Liverpool. The club has some great, world-class players, with whom it has been a pleasure to work and I wish the entire squad well for the rest of the season. I thank those with whom I have built up a close working relationship at the club for their loyalty and support during very testing times, and finally of course to the Liverpool fans, your passion and dedication to the club will see Liverpool at the top of the game once more."

Dalglish previously coached Liverpool as a player/manager from 1985-1991 during which he won the league 3 times and the FA Cup twice. After some time with Newcastle, Blackburn and Celtic, he returned to run the Liverpool Academy where he has been since 2009.

Any result will be better than the first half of the season as Liverpool currently sit 4pts out of the relegation zone with players seemingly losing heart to play for Hodgson.

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