• Former player said it would be great to work at Anfield again • Hyypia out of work since resigning from Brighton in December

Sami Hyypia has declared his interest in joining Brendan Rodgers’ coaching staff at Liverpool following the departures of Colin Pascoe and Mike Marsh.

Hyypia has been linked with a possible return to Anfield after Fenway Sports Group last week parted company with the assistant manager Pascoe, a long-time confidant of Rodgers, and the first-team coach, Marsh, having conducted a review into the team’s poor Premier League campaign.

The 41-year-old Finn has not received an approach from Liverpool’s owners and is looking for a route back into management after resigning from Brighton & Hove Albion in December. But he admits the lure of Anfield, where the former international enjoyed huge success and popularity during a 10-year stay on Merseyside, would be impossible to ignore in any coaching capacity.

“It would be great to work for a club which I love,” said Hyypia, who left Liverpool for Bayer Leverkusen in 2009. “I would definitely be interested if Liverpool think I could help them. I have great memories of my time at the club.

“My rise in management was rapid and I have been thinking a lot about things while I have been out. If there were no interesting opportunities as a manager, then I would be ready to be an assistant. That sort of role would give me a lot of experience. It wouldn’t be a problem for me. I feel ready to go into football again. You look at yourself and I am enthusiastic about getting back into the game.”

Hyypia coached both the Finland national team and Leverkusen prior to taking charge at the BayArena in April 2012, initially in partnership with Sascha Lewandowski before assuming control for the 2013-14 season. He was sacked by Leverkusen in April 2014 and joined Brighton last summer, only to submit his resignation after just 26 matches.