Kenny Dalglish was asked on Saturday if he wanted to return to football management, and the Liverpool legend chose not to rule out his potential comeback.
The name of Dalglish echoed around Anfield at the end of Liverpool's recent 2-1 defeat to Blackpool, with many fans believing the Scot should have been handed the manager's job after Rafael Benitez departed. Dalglish did offer his services over the summer but was flatly ruled out of the equation by chairman Martin Broughton.
However, after Roy Hodgson took his league record to one win in seven with the Blackpool defeat, the possibility of Dalglish taking on a second stint as the Reds' manager appears to be back on the horizon.
The club expects to have new owners within a week's time as New England Sports Ventures attempts to complete the takeover of Liverpool Football Club, and Broughton recently confirmed that, while the new owners have confidence in Hodgson, the current manager does have a release clause in his contract.
Dalglish has far too much respect for Hodgson to put him in an unenviable position by reiterating his desire to take the reins at Anfield, but the club's most revered player could not deny his interest when asked over the weekend.
"First of all you need to be asked, second it needs to be suitable if you were asked," Dalglish told Reuters.
"Because you don't say 'No', people think you say 'Yes' but that is not necessarily true either. I wouldn't say anything other than I am really happy at the moment. There is nothing definitive either way."
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