Roy Hodgson has been accused of making quite a transfer gaffe (Picture: /Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Roy Hodgson allegedly sold the wrong player by mistake when he was in charge of Liverpool in an incredible transfer gaffe from the veteran boss.

Hodgson took charge of Liverpool in 2010, lasting just six months at Anfield before he was sacked the following January.

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In his one pre-season in charge, Hodgson brought in left-back Paul Konchesky from former club Fulham, with academy players Alexander Kacaniklic and Lauri Dalla Valle going the other way as part of the deal.

However, Kacaniklic has sensationally revealed that Hodgson did not mean to let him go, instead thinking it was another ‘Alex’ that was heading for Craven Cottage.


Hodgson got the wrong Alex! (Picture: Getty Images)

‘It was a bit difficult for Liverpool to replace me,’ Kacaniklic told podcast Lundh. ‘When I was in Fulham and before I signed up, I had a conversation with Roy Hodgson on the phone, where we found out that he had changed the wrong Alex.



‘In his head, he thought he changed another Alex for Konchesky. But then it was too late. It’s a little funny.

‘Then he just told me I was welcome back in Liverpool with open arms, but that I should do what I felt.

‘I did not [go back]. Then I had already changed my mind and was very excited about coming to Fulham.’

It is not clear who the other Alex Kacaniklic is talking about.

Alexander Kacaniklic went on to play 100 times for Fulham (Picture: Getty Images)

The Swede, who is now 27 and playing for Hammarby in his homeland, was at Liverpool in the youth set-up from 2007-10.

Despite the somewhat bizarre end to his spell at Anfield, he only has good memories of the club.

‘It was incredible, incredible,’ Alex continued. ‘Already in the academy, how professional it was. It was a fantastic football upbringing with all the coaches and then training with all the players at Melwood – it was a dream.’

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