Kenny Dalglish has been offered a two-year contract at
Liverpool
Sunday March 13,2011
KENNY DALGLISH has been offered a two-year deal
and substantial transfer funds to become Liverpool’s permanent
manager.
The 60-year-old Kop legend, who has transformed the
club’s fortunes since replacing the sacked Roy Hodgson in January,
had asked American owners John W Henry and Tom Werner for a
four-year deal.
Henry and Werner were reluctant to look beyond two
years but have promised a review if progress continues to be made
under Dalglish.
Sunday Express Sport can reveal that Steve Clarke, who
was brought in as a coach to work alongside Dalglish by Damien
Comolli, Liverpool’s director of football strategy, is on a
three-and-a-half-year contract.
It is understood that Dalglish wants a lucrative
financial package to compensate for a lack of long-term security.
Those negotiations are still going on.
Anfield commercial director Ian Ayre has been the
conduit between the owners and Dalglish, travelling to the USA last
week.
Dalglish has told the Liverpool board he must have a
hefty transfer kitty available this summer to strengthen his
inherited squad. Henry and Werner displayed their commitment to the
club in the January transfer window, splashing the £50 million they
received from Chelsea for Fernando Torres on Ajax’s Luis Suarez and
Newcastle’s Andy Carroll.
They have told Dalglish they will repeat their transfer
largesse in the summer – Comolli is already working on a number of
big-name targets.
The owners are delighted with the progress under
Dalglish, culminating in last Sunday’s 3-1 victory over Manchester
United.
While Dalglish hoped to be rewarded with a four-year
contract, he is ready to say yes to a two-year deal, providing the
figures add up – both personally and in the transfer market.