Liverpool Managing Director calls Dave Whelan a "Comedian"

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"Our aim from the outset was to conduct a proper, thorough, search and do it in the proper manner," Ayre told the Liverpool Echo.

"From our point of view, we did all the right things. We approached the clubs we needed to approach, and conducted ourselves properly at all times.

"It is disappointing, then, that Dave Whelan felt the need to run the kind of sideshow he conducted via Sky Sports News and various other media outlets.

"To be honest, I always thought John Bishop was the biggest comedian in the North West but Dave Whelan seems to have taken that mantle over the last couple of weeks." No secret

Asked if it was true that Martinez was offered the job as Whelan claimed, Ayre said: "That is patently not true. "We make no secret of the fact we spoke with Roberto Martinez, but that is all we did. "He is a great guy, and I can't speak highly enough of his professionalism and conduct.

"But for his chairman to make suggestions like he has, and suggestions that just aren't true, well it is disappointing to say the least.

"We can say with absolute certainty that the only person who was made any offer by Liverpool Football Club is Brendan Rodgers."

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Whelan did the same thing last summer when he claimed that Aston Villa offered Roberto Martinez the Aston Villa job.

We requested to interview Martinez, as we did with several other managers last summer, and Whelan gave Martinez an ultimatum.