Roy Hodgson claims the shadow of Kenny Dalglish was
always over him at Liverpool
ROY HODGSON claims the shadow of Kenny Dalglish
was always over him at Liverpool and he never felt
wanted.
“If you’re asking whether I was happy to be sacked by
Liverpool, the answer is that of course I wasn’t,” said Hodgson,
63, as he stepped back into the Premier League with West Brom only
35 days after his Anfield dismissal.
“I went there with the right intentions but I wasn’t
given the time because the new owners decided to make a change
early on.
“It’s no secret that I wasn’t perceived by a lot of
people as the manager they wanted at Liverpool. They wanted someone
else.” Dalglish, the people’s choice, has stepped in and stopped
the rot at Liverpool and Hodgson now has the new task of saving
West Brom from relegation.
Hodgson said of the change of ownership at Anfield:
“The new owners were in a very difficult situation because we
weren’t winning enough games and the fans made it perfectly clear
they wanted me gone and somebody else in. But the players and staff
were excellent,
“Of course you feel wounded. It’s better if the fans
say, ‘We know of him, we know what he can do’. I’d be disappointed
if it wasn’t that way at West Brom.”