2. Brendan Rodgers prepares to take charge of his first Premier League home game as Liverpool manager against Manchester City but he could so easily be sitting on Roberto Mancini’s bench at Anfield.
Rodgers was sacked by Reading after just six months in charge in December 2009 and was approached to join Mancini the following summer.
He held talks with football administrator Brian Marwood and even flew to Milan to discuss it with Mancini. But the chance to be manager of Swansea ended any chance of the move, despite the prospect of greater riches at City.
After taking the Welsh side to promotion through the play-offs and then establishing them in the Premier League, Rodgers claims his dalliance with City was a boost to his self-esteem at what was a difficult time.
“I was grateful because it was good for my confidence at the time because I’d left Reading having had a long career in coaching and all of a sudden I was on the outside looking in,” he said.
- Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers admits he almost joined Roberto Mancini's Manchester City revolution, Telegraph.co.uk, August 25, 2017.
3. WITH USA Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III set to announce his four wildcard picks next Tuesday, Hunter Mahan, Rickie Fowler and Brandt Snedeker are among those eager to impress at this weekend’s Deutsche Bank Championship at the TPC Boston, beginning tomorrow.
The eight automatic qualifiers were decided after this month’s USPGA Championship at Kiawah Island and Love will round out his 12-man team when he names his captain’s selections in a news conference in New York.
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