sport football competitions premier-league 8236933 ----- # Paper View: football news, transfers, gossip - 31 December ## Roy Hodgson has two weeks to save himself at Liverpool as the American owners begin to lose faith in him. ![Paper View: football news, transfers, gossip ][1] Knee deep: Roy Hodgson is on borrowed time at Anfield Photo: EPA By Telegraph staff 8:00AM GMT 31 Dec 2010 _**[- Read more news, rumours and gossip on the Football Transfers page. ][2]**_ _**Today's football stories ... **_ Chelsea turned down the chance to sign Dutch star Rafael van der Vaart in the summer. The Blues reckoned the brilliant midfielder - now with Spurs - was "not good enough." ([Sun][3]) Roy Hodgson has two weeks to save himself at Liverpool as the American owners begin to lose faith in him. ([Mirror][4]) Roy Hodgson is on borrowed time at Liverpool with the owners running out of patience at the team's continued slump and his disintegrating relationship with the supporters. 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