Ownership Dispute At Liverpool: Martin O'Neill Already Rumoured For Job

A bizarre rumor floating around the world of football today surrounds the possible takeover at Liverpool.

With their currently stubborn owners Tom Hicks and Tom Gillett refusing to sell for anything less than £600 million, the saga continues.

Yet it does not stop there.

If specific new owners get behind the team, then relatively new manager Roy Hodgson may face an immediate fight to keep his position.

In failing to kick start Liverpool's season, he is reportedly under threat of losing his job to former Villa boss Martin O'Neill.

O'Neill would have been the first choice for many Liverpool fans with his varying success at the likes of Villa and Celtic.

He has the ability and the knowledge to mould a team into competent champions.

But could his emergence at the Anfield outfit be the right decision to turn the team's fortunes around? Or would it just cause an addition to the current woes that have befallen the side?

Five points from five games isn't the worst possible opening, especially when considering the opposition Liverpool have had to face.

Did we really expect Liverpool would emerge all guns blazing? Of course not.

The 3-2 loss to Manchester United has left the team languishing in the 16th spot.

However, a promising second-half display, coupled with their demolition of Bucharest in the Europa League, does at least signal improvements from Hodgson's point of view.

So is it really worth risking a further decline?

You cant help but feel that a sudden change would be met with a great amount of furor. O'Neill may be a more popular candidate, but a team already treading on thin ice surely should not upset and rattle the fans who can see possible potential for the remainder of the season.

Oppositely, you could also comment upon the lack of excitement and tenacity that Hodgson brings to the role. He is not the eclectic character we have seen in the likes of Benitez and Mourinho.

It is consequentially an option that he may become one of the many forgotten leaders at Liverpool, an accolade that many recent managers have had thrust upon them.

He is respected as a manager at this moment in time, though not necessarily a representation of what it is to be the pinnacle of the sport.

Liverpool, however, would be foolish to part company with him. At least he should be afforded one whole season at the helm, to see what delights or lack thereof he can bring to the Liverpool side.

It is not as if they are fighting for the title this time.

His players may not be forming the concrete alliance we would like to see, but they are showing signs of promise.

New backing can bring new opportunities and ideas to the table. As long as their current manager remains safe in his role, then Liverpool may have a slight chance of gaining that elusive top four finish.

Such an outcome would make us revel more in the ideal that we did not give up on the team and their manager Hodgson, and that the players and the fans were behind him all of the way.