Brendan Rodgers chosen to replace Kenny Dalglish in Liverpool hotseat

The 39-year-old was offered the job, believed to be on a three-year contract, after talks with FSG yesterday afternoon and he returned to south Wales to tell chairman Huw Jenkins he wanted to take up their offer.

It is anticipated Liverpool will have to pay between £4million and £5million as Rodgers only signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract in February.

A resolution is expected to be found within the next 24 hours with the Northern Irishman likely to be presented as successor to Kenny Dalglish tomorrow.

“I was contacted by Liverpool last night and they expressed their wish to speak to Brendan regarding their vacancy,” said Jenkins in a statement.

“I had a discussion with Brendan to talk about their interest and his views on whether he wanted to speak to Liverpool. He expressed his wish with me to do that and he has spoken to Liverpool today.

“Following on from discussions with Liverpool’s owners, Brendan has informed us that he would like to take up their offer to manage Liverpool.

“At the moment, we are in talks with the owners to agree compensation. We are trying to finalise that within the next 24 hours.”

Rodgers moved ahead of Wigan manager Roberto Martinez, who held talks with Reds’ principal owner John Henry in Miami last week, in the pecking order in the last couple of days.

He had initially rejected their advances 12 days ago as he did not want to become involved in a wide-ranging selection process to canvass the best available talent. However, when it became clear FSG had narrowed down their options to two he relented and discussions were conducted swiftly.

Despite Rodgers’ recently-signed contract, Jenkins insisted they would not block a move to one of Europe’s most decorated clubs. “Although we are very disappointed to lose such a talented, young British manager, we didn’t wish to stand in his way,” added the Swans chairman. “As always at Swansea City, we want people working here who are fully committed to the task ahead.

“We wish Brendan every success in the future. We will always remain good friends and we thank him for all his hard work and passion at this football club over the past two years.”

It remains to be see exactly what system Rodgers will work under at Anfield as FSG were keen to split the workload of former director of football Damien Comolli, who was sacked in April.

Dutchman Louis van Gaal emerged as the leading candidate to take a sporting director role but it is known both Martinez and Rodgers had expressed a desire to have greater control of footballing affairs.