Rodgers snubs NI offer

The Swansea boss is believed to have been approached by the Irish Football Association regarding the role.

Northern Ireland are in need of a new national coach following Nigel Worthington's departure at the end of their unsuccessful Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.

Numerous names have been offered up as potential candidates, but the position remains vacant.

Rodgers was sounded out after overseeing a successful spell at the Liberty Stadium.

Focus

He has guided Swansea into the Premier League, and is in the process of trying to keep them there.

Rodgers says that job requires his full focus, and it is for that reason he has politely turned down the chance to combine his club commitments with international duties.

He is keen to manage the land of his birth at some stage in his career, but feels the offer has come soon in this instance.

Rodgers has previously been quoted as saying: "Managing Northern Ireland is something I want to do at some point in my career for sure. It's my country. It's where I'm from, it's where I grew up and it's a country that I love.

"But hopefully that chance will come towards the end of my career, and I hope that won't be for many years yet. I have got too much energy to be an international manager at the moment."