Liverpool to hire Rodgers as new manager?

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Liverpool appears set to hire Brendan Rodgers as its new manager.

The hire would vault the Northern Irishman from relative obscurity to one of the toughest jobs in soccer.

His current club Swansea says a deal is expected to be finalized later on Thursday.

Following talks with Liverpool's American owners - Fenway Sports Group, which owns the Boston Red Sox - Rodgers told Swansea on Wednesday he had been offered the job as Kenny Dalglish's replacement at Anfield and was ready to ac