Lee has clinches return to Liverpool

16 May 2008

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Sammy Lee was sacked as Bolton manager after just six months.

Anfield legend has returned to Liverpool after being appointed as Rafael Benitez's assistant manager.

Lee, a midfielder in the 1980s glory days, previously worked as reserve team manager and then first team coach under Graeme Souness and Gerard Houllier.

He eventually left for a full-time role with England in 2004 before joining Bolton Wanderers in 2005.

Lee made 294 appearances for the Reds when they won a string of trophies and was a hero to a generation of Liverpool fans.

He will help fill the gap left by Alex Miller, who left his role as first team coach earlier in May to take up a managerial role in Japan.

Benitez has also lost Spanish assistant Paco Ayesteran and sorely needed support on the bench for the 2008-09 campaign.

Lee served as Sam Allardyce's deputy at Bolton for a while before replacing him as boss in April 2007, shortly before the end of the season.

But he endured a terrible start to the following campaign, with Bolton lying second from bottom of the Premier League table when he was removed from his post.

Liverpool were so close to having a great season this time around.

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