Roy Hodgson accidentally sold the wrong player during his ill-fated Liverpool tenure

Liverpool fans would rather forget Roy Hodgson’s time as manager of the club. In fact, the man himself would probably like to erase that spell from his memory.

Hodgson was appointed Reds boss in 2010, taking over from Rafa Benitez. However, his time at Anfield could not have gone much worse.

He only lasted a few months, his resignation confirmed in January 2011 as the club were just four points above the Premier League relegation zone. He was replaced by Kenny Dalglish, an undeniably more popular choice than the former Fulham boss.

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Hodgson’s time in charge has been littered with bad decisions, from defending controversial former owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett to his disastrous transfer window signings. In many ways, his business when he first arrived at the club was a signal of things to come.

Joe Cole, Christian Poulsen, Milan Jovanovic and Paul Konchesky were all signed during Hodgson’s summer in charge, which has to be one of the worst windows in Liverpool’s history. Even more embarrassingly for Hodgson, he even managed to accidentally sell the wrong player at one point.

As part of the deal for Konchesky to follow his Fulham manager, Liverpool youngsters Lauri Dalla Vale and Alexander Kacaniklic were sent in the opposite direction. Only the latter should not have been sold.

According to Kacaniklic in a podcast for Fotbolskananelen, Hodgson actually sent the wrong player to his old club. “It was a bit difficult for Liverpool to replace me,” said the Swede.

“In his head, he thought he had traded another Alex for Konchesky. But then it was too late. It’s a bit funny.

“He then told me that I was welcome back to Liverpool with open arms, but that I should do what I felt. By then I had already changed my mind and was very excited to come to Fulham.”

Kacaniklic would go on to make 100 appearances for Fulham over five seasons, while also having loan spells at Watford, Burnley and Copenhagen. Since leaving the London club, he has had spells with Nantes, Hammarby IF and Hajduk Split, and now plies his trade in Cyprus with AEL Limassol.

Liverpool.com says: That just about sums up Hodgson’s time in charge of Liverpool, doesn’t it? Every aspect of his spell was simply awful and looking back at his transfer business is still enough to make any fan shudder. Kacaniklic probably wouldn’t have become a star for the Reds, but it would have been nice if he had the chance to claim it.