LEICESTER CITY
Aug 01, 2019
4 minutes
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CAN BRENDAN RODGERS REBUILD HIS REPUTATION IN ENGLAND?
JOE BREWIN @JOEBREWINFFT
You could forgive Brendan Rodgers a wry smile when Divock Origi wrapped up Champions League victory for Liverpool in June. Not because it was the Northern Irishman who signed him in 2014, but something bigger: the Reds had finally moved on.
It wasn’t the top-flight title that has eluded them since 1989-90, but it was enough – just reward for a terrific season which has surely put to rest those demons of 2013-14. A mortifying misstep meant it wasn’t to be for Rodgers five years ago – or indeed ever at Liverpool – but all parties
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