Hodgson angling for Hyypia return

New Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson is hoping to lure former Reds great Sami Hyypia back to Anfield.

Hyypia bid a tearful farewell to the club in 2009 - coming on as a substitute in the season's final game against Tottenham Hotspur.

In a decade at Liverpool, the Finn played 317 games, scoring 22 goals and making himself a permanent fixture in defence for the Reds.

He moved to Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen in the summer of 2009, but now a report in the Daily Mirror suggests Hodgson might create a player-coach role in a bid to bring the 36-year-old back into the Liverpool fold.

Hodgson has already pulled off something off a coup by signing Joe Cole and convincing Steven Gerrard to stay despite no Champions League football in the upcoming season.

Young Scottish defender Danny Wilson has already signed for the club in what has been an encouraging start to Hodgson's reign.

There has been a plethora of exits as well, with Yossi Benayoun moving to Stamford Bridge and Alberto Riera exiting for Olympiakos.

Hyypia would be a good signing, since the veteran would certainly help the rebuilding process at Anfield with his experience and pedigree.

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