Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is such a joker. The other day, he said Liverpool didn’t want a place in the Europa League via the UEFA Fair Play league. Now it seems he said he was just joking, and that he would welcome Liverpool playing in the Europa League next season by any means necessary.

It’s amazing how a conversation with one of Liverpool’s top executives can get someone to change his mind.

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