Daniel Agger launches astonishing attack on former managers Roy Hodgson and Brendan Rodgers
The Danish defender slams Rodgers' lack of man-management and Hodgson's dire training sessions
DANIEL AGGER has launched an astonishing attack on two of his former Liverpool bosses Roy Hodgson and Brendan Rodgers.
The Danish defender, 31, criticised the "uninspiring" training methods adopted by ex-England manager Hodgson while revealing his falling out with current Celtic boss Rodgers during his time at Anfield.
He spent eight successful years at Liverpool making over 200 appearances before leaving in 2014 and revealed to Danish newspaper his thoughts on his old bosses.
On , who managed Liverpool in 2010-2011 and ended his reign as England boss after a dire Euro 2016, said: "I completely lost my desire to come to work because his training sessions were really hard to get through.
"Not physically but mentally. It was the same and the same and the same. Day in and day out.
“Often we had eight forwards playing against me and .
"Skrtel and I had a really hard training session as we were defending against eight with two but the eight players attacking were just faffing around. They had hardly run a kilometre and it was so uninspiring.”
Agger also revealed he fell out with , who often put the Dane on the bench during his time in charge behind the likes of Skrtel, and .
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He believes their relationship broke down when Liverpool lost to Southampton in November 2013, when Agger was playing injured and was at fault for Southampton’s goal.
He said: "After the game he did not speak to me. Something went wrong. I was the first to admit that it was my fault.
"I apologised but as one of the physios said there was no need to apologise as the other 50 times that I had said that I was ready and played, even if I wasn’t fit, it had been fine.
“Maybe he felt that I wasn’t good enough and that Mamadou Sakho, Kolo Touré and Martin Skrtel were better then me. Then fair enough because the most important thing is for Liverpool to win football games.
"That’s the most important thing for me too. But in 42 days I went from being first choice and the club’s new vice-captain to be fourth choice centre-back. So I have thought a lot about it.”
And he revealed that when he stood up to the Northern Irishman, now in charge of Celtic, after he was criticised for his first-half display during a 4-3 home win over Swansea in February 2014, it did not go down well.
He added: "Everyone was quiet but I stood up and said: ‘How can you stand there and say that when we are only doing what you have been going on about all week?'
“Rodgers looked at me and muttered: ‘Whatever.’ I was substituted 12 minutes later.”
Agger, who ended his career last month after ending an injury-plagued career at boyhood club Brondby in his homeland, insisting that too many painkillers forced him into retirement, did also say current Newcastle boss was "the best tactician I have played for”.