New Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson says he's determined to keep hold of the club's best players.
With issues surrounding warring owners and mounting debt, it would be wrong to suggest that Hodgson has walked into a club that is on an even keel.
However, the prospects of leading Liverpool's attempts to recover were impossible for the 62-year-old to ignore.
He told the Liverpool Echo: "Turmoil is a word that is used for lots of football clubs today. We are in a deep, economic crisis and all clubs seem to be affected by it. But Liverpool Football Club will always survive that.
"We have got to try and get back to the glory days as quick as possible and those of us who are lucky enough to work here will be trying to do that.
"I had two-and-a-half wonderful years at Fulham. It wasn't easy to leave.
"The chairman was adamant that I shouldn't but he doesn't understand the importance of Liverpool Football Club.
"There were very few jobs I would have torn myself away from Fulham for - but when you get offered the chance to manage Liverpool, you don't turn it down."
