Damien

Martinez has been officially approached to talk with the owners.

That would be a very interesting and exciting prospect. It could go either way, he will certainly attempt to get Liverpool playing a more fluid and attacking brand of football and it would suit their fans and heritage well. His record at Wigan is good and while he has detractors who would point to his teams poor form for most of the season it's ultimately about where you end up and he proved he could cope in that situation. It has done it season after season on a very small budget. However it's never an easy call if a manager can make that step up, it's quite different to be expected to win most of your games. Be a very interesting appointment.

That said Liverpool have said they will approach a number of candidates so we'll see. I would feel sorry for Wigan, he showed great loyalty to them but rejecting the Villa job and they returned the favour by refusing to fire him during the season. Class acts on both sides.

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Reading the RAWK forums they aren't universally happy with the idea to say the least. Very risky. If they turn on him it won't be pleasant and make it much more difficult.

edit: Actually they seemed to have calmed down since yesterday.