Roy Hodgson will likely forever go down as the worst manager in Liverpool’s long and distinguished history.

Arriving from Fulham in 2010, the Englishman would likely argue that he took over the Reds at one of the lowest points of their existence.

With Liverpool almost heading into administration at one point amid extreme uncertainty over the ownership situation, there are mitigating factors.

Nevertheless, Hodgson scored own goal after own goal when communicating with Liverpool supporters and made some utterly baffling decisions in the transfer market, too.

Having said that, not all of the future England manager’s decisions were terrible. Not everything was as doom and gloom as is often portrayed.

One of his better calls would have been to bring back former captain Sami Hyypia in a player-coach role. But, as Hyypia has now revealed, Hodgson’s plan was thwarted by Bayer Leverkusen.

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Hyypia is remembered as one of Liverpool’s best ever centre-backs. A legend of the Champions League win in 2005, the Finn is also a former captain at Anfield.

Having been phased out of the team under Rafa Benitez, Hyypia ended his 10-year spell with the Reds in 2009, moving on to Bayer Leverkusen.

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