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If there's no players to link with Liverpool FC, how about a manager instead?

Indeed, today's transfer rumours sees no new players linked with a move to Anfield, no multi-million pound strikers or expensive defenders, no Real Madrid or Inter Milan midfielders and no wonderkids from far flung corners of the world.

Instead it's a change of manager the Reds are linked with - and that's despite FSG's resolute backing of Brendan Rodgers in the summer.

The Northern Irishman remains under pressure at Anfield, and that has led to Italian website Calciomercatoweb, who certainly enjoy a good yarn or two, reporting that the Reds have approached Carlo Ancelotti.

The former Chelsea boss was sacked by Real Madrid last summer, despite winning his third European Cup, and Madrid's tenth, in 2014.

He was duly replaced by Rafa Benitez in the Bernabeu dugout, and Ancelotti has remained out of work ever since.

The 56-year-old Italian has also won the Premier League and FA Cup in his time at Chelsea, as well as two European Cups with AC Milan, winning and losing a final to the Reds in that time.

With Jurgen Klopp still out of work, Liverpool fans can expect this type of rumour to become more and more common over the next few months - but having spent upwards of £75m in the close season, and after allowing Rodgers to change his backroom staff, FSG are not expected the wield the axe.

And Rodgers has received the backing of Reds legend Dietmar Hamann, who says FSG need to stand by their decision to keep the former Swansea boss in charge at Anfield.

He said: "They made the decision to stick with the manager, which I have not got a problem with, and after five games it is too early [to sack him].

"Up until Christmas, I don’t think there is a decision to be made. Simply you have to stick with the manager now because if you wanted to change you should have done it in the summer, not after five games."

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