Liverpool News: Brendan Rodgers Set For Bumper Contract To Ward Off Spurs

by Jamie Clark

Liverpool will reward manager Brendan Rodgers with a new contract worth £2 million per year to keep him at Anfield and away from potential suitors.

The 40-year-old Northern Irishman has steered the Reds to the top of the Premier League table at Christmas, but has only 18 months left on his current deal which he signed on Merseyside in 2012.

Rodgers has previously thought to have attracted attention from Manchester City and now the Daily Mirror reports that Tottenham Hotspur are interested in him.

Spurs appointed caretaker Tim Sherwood as permanent head coach until 2015 just before Christmas, but he lacks any managerial experience.

Former Swansea, Reading and Watford boss Rodgers has offloaded the likes of Andy Carroll and Stewart Downing to West Ham, slashing the wage budget at Anfield built up by predecessor Kenny Dalglish.

Liverpool owner John W Henry now wants to secure the future of the club's manager after getting star striker Luis Suarez to sign a new contract. This will stave off any overtures from Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy in the summer.

Rodgers has won over half of the 73 games he has taken charge of the Reds for. Liverpool's trip to Manchester City on Boxing Day will be his 225th match as a first team boss.

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Jamie Clark is a qualified Web Journalist after undergoing professional training at the University of Sheffield. A prolific and accredited sports writer, he also enjoys classic comedy, historic fiction, 80s music and heritage.