Brendan Rodgers has called the last four years "traumatic", in which family tragedy and personal issues have made life harder at Liverpool.
The quotes from Rodgers come from football writer Michael Calvin's new book Living on the Volcano, in which football managers reveal the stresses and strains of life in the public eye.
Rodgers' is one of the more candid revelations, discussing his split from his wife and personal loss.
“I’ve been through probably the most traumatic four years of my life,” he said.
“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.
However, Rodgers feels that he has used those issues to become a better manager.
“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.
“There’s a story about Jimmy Sirrel at Notts County which has stuck with me since I was a young coach. His wife, Cathy, died late on the Friday night, but he came in on the Saturday.
“That Saturday night he quickly popped into the bar. Someone asked about his wife, and he said, ‘She died last night’. He’d lost the woman of his life, his right hand, but he still came in and did his job. Makes you think, doesn’t it?"
Liverpool won their first Premier League fixture of the season 1-0 at Stoke City on Saturday.
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