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Hughes has published that he was once interviewed about becoming Liverpool supervisor after Roy Hodgson left the club

Former Premier League supervisor Mark Hughes has published that he used to be once considered for the Liverpool job.

Hughes spent greater than a decade in charge of top-flight clubs, perhaps most especially taking cost of Manchester City as they started making marquee signings. The former Wales boss also led Blackburn Rovers to European soccer earlier than struggling with relegation with the likes of QPR, Stoke City and Southampton.

The 60-year-old used to be a staple of the Premier League for extra than a decade as a manager. However, Hughes has published that his coaching profession should have long gone in a wildly extraordinary path after admitting that he used to be interviewed for the Liverpool job, following Roy Hodgson being sacked through the Reds, returned in January 2011.

Bizarrely, Hughes had succeeded Hodgson at Fulham and used to be on route to information the west London facet to eighth in the league in his sole season at the club. His time at Craven Cottage may want to have been even shorter, though, if the Reds had determined to appoint the ex-Manchester United and Everton forward, rather of rehiring Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish.

“I as soon as had an interview for the Liverpool job, I don’t think that’s well-documented, however I didn’t get it so that doesn’t certainly rely does it,” Hughes told Sam Allardyce’s No Tippy Tappy Football podcast.

“I assume Kenny decided he was going to be a manager again. Perhaps the preference of candidates wasn’t magnificent and that’s why I didn’t get any closer. I had a sit down down with human beings at Liverpool, there you go, I assume that would’ve been more of a shock than me getting the Man City job.”

Hughes’ most recent managerial stint got here in his shock appointment at League Two aspect Bradford City in February 2022, following an prolonged spell out of work. The Bantams reached the play-offs remaining season however Hughes left the club in October after a disappointing begin to the contemporary campaign.