{"id":8973,"date":"2011-12-08T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/rodgers-turns-down-n-ireland-post\/"},"modified":"2011-12-08T17:31:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T17:31:00","slug":"rodgers-turns-down-n-ireland-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/08\/rodgers-turns-down-n-ireland-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodgers turns down N Ireland post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"67\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/8e6b57212549__56926090_rodgerswrite_get-1.jpg\" width=\"464\" height=\"261\" alt=\"Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers\" \/> Brendan Rodgers would like to manage Northern Ireland later in his career<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers has confirmed that he turned down the chance to manage Northern Ireland on a part-time basis.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish FA made an approach to the Swans a fortnight ago but Rodgers is committed to the Welsh club and he believes the job must be full-time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t have to think about it for a long time, my concentration and focus is always with Swansea,&#8221; said Rodgers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The job is a big job and for me it&#8217;s a full-time post.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;The story was simple, a couple of weeks ago Northern Ireland approached the chairman and asked for permission to speak to me with regards to doing the job part-time, and my stance was the same as it was a number of weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would love to do it at some point in my career but at the moment, with the respect I have for Swansea, my concentration can only be on Swansea.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Irish FA is understood to have drawn up a shortlist of around six names for the vacant Northern Ireland manager&#8217;s job.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Magilton, Michael O&#8217;Neill, Iain Dowie, Gerry Armstrong and former Cardiff and Southampton manager Dave Jones are believed to be on the list.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed the interview process will begin next week.<\/p>\n<p>The manager&#8217;s first away game will be against Holland in Amsterdam on 2 June.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Brendan Rodgers would like to manage Northern Ireland later in his career Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers has confirmed that he turned down the chance to manage Northern Ireland on a part-time basis. 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