'Changed his mind': Former Liverpool player says Brendan Rodgers made him player-coach and then did a U-turn

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Carragher, alongside Steven Gerrard, was an important part of the Liverpool team of the 2000s, but decided that he could not carry on his career after 737 games at the club.Rodgers’ arrival at Liverpool marked a difference for the club as Kenny Dalglish was let go from his role as manager.Photo by Julian Finney/Getty ImagesJamie Carragher was offered a player-coach role but Brendan Rodgers U-turnedIn his first year in charge, the Northern Irish coach took the club higher than they had previously finished, with them ending up in seventh place at the end of the 2012/2013 season.While the Scouser had decided to hang up the boots following the end of that season, he almost took up a different role alongside his duties as a player.On the latest episode of Stick to Football, the former No. 23 told the story of when Rodgers took over the role and a phone conversation the two had about plans for the season.Carragher revealed that in the call, he was offered the role of becoming a player-coach for Liverpool, something he had considered previously.During the podcast, he explained that it almost happened until Rodgers U-turned on his original decision.He said: “And then Kenny lost his job.

Obviously, he changed it for Brendan Rodgers. We were on the phone for about an hour talking about football, his ideas, his plans.“And he just said at the end of the phone call, Would you want to be a player-coach?

I said, I’ve had this conversation with Kenny and it’ll give me a good opportunity.“And then I met him face to face in Liverpool and he changed his mind, which, you know. And he’d worked with Jose, Brendan.“If you remember Jose, every club he went to, he almost, he sort of promoted a club man sort of next to him, didn’t he?