Liverpool owner John W. Henry has revealed that Kenny Dalglish would have been sacked even if the Anfield side had won the two domestic cup competitions.
Within a week of the 2011/12 season ending Dalglish was summoned over to Boston and dismissed sacked despite winning the Carling Cup and taking his side to the final of the FA Cup.
New manager Brendan Rodgers is trying to raise cash from the sale of Andy Carrol following the big spending days under Dalglish who replaced Roy Hodgson in January 2011.
Liverpool’s American owners hired and fired Dalglish and didn’t spare their former manager when it came to assessing last season’s performance.
“We had a very poor second half to the season last year,” Henry stated. “But we did not attribute that to Kenny as such, the things he and Steve (Clarke) were doing.
“The FA Cup would not have made any difference had he won it, no. We were 17th (in the form table) over the second half of the season and Liverpool should not be in that position.
“I don’t place the blame on Kenny and Steve – but I think it was obvious to every Liverpool fan that something was wrong and something needed to be done in the current circumstances.”
Henry added: “I think you could say the response to Kenny and Steve (from the players) was lacking. The play was lacking, so that entered into our considerations.
“When I first discussed with Kenny making a change before he took the job, he spoke about that if he ever were to take it and we danced around it, we discussed what role he would take at some point.
“Kenny did say that if it was the manager’s job, he would only do it until we had the right young man to come in for the long term. We spoke about it two or three times before he actually took the job.
“He was always saying no one man is bigger than the club. Everyone knows what it meant when he came back, how he brought all the disparate elements back together.
“There were a lot of different directions and he unified the club internally and externally. He did an incredible job of getting us all on the same page.”
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