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Brendan Rodgers agrees new Liverpool contract

By on May 6, 2014

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has reportedly agreed a new contract, expected to run for four years, with the Reds’ owners Fenway Sports Group.  The Northern Ireland-born manager is in the second year of the original three year deal he signed when joining Liverpool back in 2012, so the club have rewarded him by adding a further two years to the new deal, keeping him at Anfield until 2018.  And while the papers on the new deal are yet to be signed, the contract is expected to be penned sometime next week, according to The Guardian.

Rodgers, having taken over Liverpool after the side finished eighth place in the Premier League and lead then to the position at the top of the table they currently occupy, only hadn’t signed a new contract earlier as to not distract him or his side from the title race.  The 41-year-old has undoubtedly done an incredible job succeeding Kenny Dalglish, also taking them from playing cagey counter-attack football to the flowing football they currently play – turning his side into a goalscoring machine in the process.  Liverpool have scored more goals than any other side in the league, even Manchester City, so far this season, and with just a single goal in their final match of the campaign they would reach a remarkable tally of 100 goals.  With four goals, they would tie the all-time high held by Chelsea at 103 goals.

Rodgers has also made some savvy signings that have had wonderous affects on his side.  Plucking Chelsea misfit Daniel Sturridge, who has been the league’s second highest goalscorer behind only his own teammate Luis Suarez this season, up for a fee believed to be just around £12 million is certainly an improvement on the £35 million flop Andy Carroll which was signed by Dalglish.  The only thing Rodgers has failed to do so far, in fact, is win a title.  However, in the unlikely event in which Manchester City slip up in their final game of the season next weekend, Liverpool still have a shot at winning their first ever league title since England’s top division was re-branded as the Premier League.  Rodgers himself said that Liverpool have not yet lost the title despite a disappointing 3-3 draw with Crystal Palace on Monday.

“The players have been incredible and they have allowed the supporters to dream,” he said. “To be the club that is top of the league by one point with one week to go, and you never know what might happen, has taken a huge effort. The only thing I will promise is that while I am here we’ll fight for our lives. Our season doesn’t finish until after Newcastle.”

He added, somewhat hinting at his new contract: “I would also like to thank the owners and the executive team for what they have done for me since I have been here. They brought a young manager of 39 into one of the biggest clubs in the world and gave me the chance to develop the vision of football that I have. If it wasn’t for their faith in me I probably wouldn’t be here given the pressures of modern football.”

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