Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has revealed that he feels so lucky that he rejected the chance to take over at Tottenham Hotspur earlier in his career.
When Rodgers was making a name for himself at Swansea City, he was widely tipped to replace outgoing Harry Redknapp and was approached on numerous occasions.
However, he rejected those advances from White Hart Lane and took the job in Merseyside instead and he has admitted that he feels very lucky to have chosen Anfield instead of North-London.
‘A close shave. They are a great club and one of the things I looked at was the history.
‘They’d had 11 managers in 18 years there so for someone like myself, I needed to create something; I needed to go to a club that was going to give us that opportunity.
‘It’s difficult…they have had a good couple of years, they were up there under Harry Redknapp.
‘Obviously there have been difficulties from Bale leaving. There are many good players but very few who perform week in week out to that level.
‘I am more than happy with the choice I made to come here and hopefully in time it will prove to be the right one.’
Liverpool and Rodgers are currently second in the Premier League, whilst managerless Spurs are seventh.
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt – @AlexsArticles
