West Bromwich Albion boss Roy Hodgson has no regrets taking the Liverpool job.
Hodgson endured a difficult six months at Liverpool last season.
He told the London Evening Standard: "I do not regret taking the job. It is a big job. But I went there at the wrong time. I was not the right man at that particular time in the club's history."
He admits that, even as he accepted the job, he had misgivings.
"I was a bit concerned and I went in with my eyes open, knowing this could be problematic," he says. "I was fully aware Martin Broughton and Christian Purslow [then chairman and managing director] were trying to sell the club. There would be new owners and they might want to make a change. I am not certain the new American owners were determined to do that but they wanted to listen to the fans. That is the way American clubs operate."
And Hodgson was left in no doubt who the Kop wanted.
"Kenny [Dalglish] had said he wanted the job and a lot of fans made it pretty clear they did not want me, they wanted Kenny," he says. "My situation was not strong anyway from the first moment and the results were not good."
