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There is a question I have been wanting to ask Brendan Rodgers since our first conversation when he was appointed Liverpool’s manager seven years ago.

“You called me and said you were thinking about me joining your backroom team and then changed your mind. What happened?”

I think Brendan is a bit taken aback.

“Sorry for ruining your coaching career!” he laughs. “I remember thinking how much I was looking forward to working with you and Stevie [Gerrard] and it would be a good idea to have you on the coaching staff. Then when we met I got the feeling that you were still focused on playing for another season. It would have been difficult to do both. So apologies if I stopped you being a big manager now.”

This was my sliding doors moment, I tell him – all these years I could have avoided working with Gary Neville.

Never mind. There is no lingering grudge. I have come to Leicester City’s training ground to find out if Rodgers is similarly at ease with his own career path, as he heads back to Anfield for the first time since departing in 2015.