Swansea's Rodgers snubs Liverpool approach

LONDON (AP) Liverpool turned to Twitter on Friday to ask supporters for help in finding a new manager after Swansea'sBrendan Rodgers rejected an approach to discuss replacing the fired Kenny Dalglish.

Liverpool tweeted to more than 930,000 followers: ''Who do you want to replace Kenny Dalglish as LFC manager? Reply with your suggestions and reasons.''

But the tweet was deleted within 30 minutes, followed by a clarification: ''Context of our last tweet seems to have been misunderstood - we were simply looking for fan views to include on a fun online feature.''

Liverpool wants to interview several candidates for the post, with permission granted to speak to Wigan's Roberto Martinez.

The American-owned club is planning to interview several managers before making an appointment. The Boston Red Sox ownership group, which runs Liverpool, is overhauling the senior management at the 18-time English champions.

Rodgers pledged to stick with Swansea, which beat Liverpool on the last day of an impressive debut Premier League campaign on Sunday.

''An approach from Liverpool FC to speak to manager Brendan Rodgers was officially received by chairman Huw Jenkins this morning,'' Swansea said Friday. ''The club is pleased to confirm that Brendan has declined the current opportunity to speak to the Anfield club about the vacant position.''

Rodgers steered Swansea's players to an 11th-place finish, just five points behind eighth-place Liverpool after being lauded for their slick, passing football.

''The Swansea manager is currently working hard to strengthen the squad in readiness for the new Barclays Premier League campaign,'' the south Wales club said.

Dalglish was fired on Wednesday after Liverpool failed to challenge for a place in the Premier League's top four and a return to the lucrative Champions League.

Dalglish is the latest senior figure to leave Anfield in recent weeks, following the exit of the director of football, head of sports medicine and communications chief.

''We may have lost our way a little in terms of performances but it is still one of the biggest football clubs in the world,'' Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre said Thursday. ''I still think this is one of the biggest jobs in world football.''