Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has revealed that the past four years have been the "most traumatic" of his life.
The Northern Irishman has opened up about his personal affairs in Michael Calvin’s new book, Living On The Volcano, and discussed the difficulties he has faced during his spell in charge at Anfield.
“I’ve been through probably the most traumatic four years of my life,” he admitted.
“I lost my mum. I lost my dad. I split up from the woman I loved for 23 years. I had a court case, two Old Bailey trials over six weeks with my son who was charged with sexual assault, which was an absolute disgrace."
Rodgers also described how he has managed to cope with the pressures of football management to achieve professional success, despite enduring personal strife away from the sport.
“Yet professionally, here and at Swansea, these have been the best four years of my life.
"Something has to come from within. You have to put the professional and personal to each side. It’s about being happy of course, but the owners have paid me to do a job, so I will do the job," he insisted.
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Rodgers joined Liverpool from Swansea City in the summer of 2012 and is the first Liverpool manager not to win a trophy inside his first three seasons in charge since the 1950s.
