Tom Werner and Fenway Sports Group executive
Mike Gordon, though club sources insist no
change of manager is expected
By Liam Twomey Follow on Twitter
The Liverpool hierarchy are set to hold talks with
Brendan Rodgers this week amid persistent
speculation surrounding the Northern Irishman's
future at Anfield.
Chairman Tom Werner will travel to Merseyside
with Mike Gordon, the executive at Fenway Sports
Group responsible for overseeing day-to-day
business at Liverpool, though Goal understands
owner John W. Henry will not make the trip.
Rodgers' position has been subjected to new level
of scrutiny in the wake of a humiliating 6-1 defeat
to Stoke City on the Premier League's final day
that cemented a sixth-placed finish to a
disappointing season.
Speaking immediately after that defeat, a dejected
Rodgers admitted: "I've always said if the owners
want me to go, then I go."
Tensions at Anfield have been raised further by th
increasingly acrimonious nature of Raheem
Sterling's contract stand-off after explosive
comments by the player's agent, Aidy Ward, to Th
Evening Standard earlier this month.
Sources at Liverpool insist that the uncertainty
over Rodgers' future is not the sole purpose of
Werner and Gordon's visit and no change of
manager is expected this summer.
But for some the meeting will evoke ominous
memories of the sacking of club legend Kenny
Dalglish in May 2012 after face-to-face talks with
Henry and Werner in Boston.
Rodgers received a boost from an unlikely source
on Monday with the news that the coveted Jurgen
Klopp will take a break from football upon ending
an illustrious seven-year spell in charge of
Borussia Dortmund .
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