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[melbcityguy]

Missed out on Alonso

 

[LFC]

Missed out on Alonso

Yep might comeback and haunt us we wait and see

 

[Kevin Keegan71]

happy days KK !

Yes at last!!!! - he had to go and Im happy as larry - if its Iraola then I would be happy BUT my money is on Enrique he has to be the no1 target especially now PSG have won the champions league this will be a done deal by Monday

 

[Football us life]

I'm not a Liverpool fan but today I'm absolutely gutted....

Earlier this week I was reading about Kevin Keegan’s battle with cancer and in this mornings Daily Record it has a headline about Kenny Dalglish's battle with cancer!!

 

[Football us life]

From this mornings Times newspaper....

Now it is Liverpool’s turn to be there for Dalglish

Scot’s legacy as a leader in club’s darkest hours is eternal. After cancer diagnosis, fans will repay love he showed them, says Paul Joyce


For a snapshot into Sir Kenny Dalglish’s mindset, go back nine days to Liverpool’s final game of the season against Brentford.

He had strolled through the mixed zone at Anfield, having first been part of the on-pitch presentations as the club said farewell to Mohamed Salah and Andrew Robertson, and stopped to speak to reporters.

He chatted enthusiastically about one of the other great passions in his life — golf — and the upcoming Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, which starts next month and where he is a member. There was a sense of anticipation for the tournament, with the 75-year-old laughing as he joked that the only chance he would have of playing the course that week was if he qualified first.

That same sense of humour was evident yesterday, albeit in a very different scenario.

Dalglish, an icon with Liverpool, Celtic and Scotland, had inadvertently posted on Instagram Stories the news that he had cancer, before swiftly deleting it. He had wanted the matter to remain private, in keeping with how he has always lived his life but, with his hand forced, subsequently delivered a typically self-deprecating update in which he poked fun at his “useless technology skills”.

“Unlike my mobile phone use, the treatment is going well,” he wrote.

That pithy one-liner would have brought a smile to the faces of those who idolise Dalglish, not only because it neatly summed up his wit, but also because of the upbeat message it contained.

That he is positive about the illness, which did not prevent him from opening Liverpool’s new retail store on Oxford Street in London recently, would have lifted the football world just as it was coming to terms with the shock of the initial announcement.

Dalglish will be bashful about the outpouring of love and support that will now come his way, but that is inescapable given that his deeds, as firstly a player and then as a manager, decree he has meant so much to so many people.

A true hero.

Whether north of the border at Celtic or at Liverpool, Dalglish often provided an afternoon of escapism. Feats of magic were routinely played out as brush strokes of attacking genius left defenders floored and goalkeepers grasping at thin air, and allowed the occasional team-mate to appear better than they actually were.

At Anfield, where in 1977 he replaced Kevin Keegan — who recently shared that he is responding well to cancer treatment — the nickname “King Kenny” in no way served to overhype his standing.

League titles and European Cups arrived by the bucketload and, in a team of giants, he stood head and shoulders above them all. The monotone, rhythmic chant of “Dalglish”, which stirred from among his adoring hordes on the Kop, was like a war cry. It was no surprise either that in Dalglish’s statement he went on to praise the “wonderful medical staff who have shown incredible care and discretion, not just for me but for many, many others”.

That, too, neatly encapsulates a man whose humility is one of his greatest qualities.

The reverence being bestowed upon him, the prayers that he makes a full recovery, relate not only to his efforts on the pitch, but to the dignity with which he has always acted in the face of adversity.

Dalglish became player-manager of Liverpool in 1985 in the aftermath of Heysel, when 39 supporters died at the European Cup final against Juventus.

Another tragedy, Hillsborough, frames how many see him and explains the unbreakable bond he has with the whole of the city of Liverpool, whether red or blue.

The selfless manner in which he and his family carried themselves through the darkness that followed the awful events of April 15, 1989, which would cost the lives of 97 Liverpool supporters, offered strength to a community struggling to comprehend what happened.

Yet it was not simply in the weeks after Hillsborough, when he attended funerals and became a spokesman for a club in shock, that Dalglish showed the compassionate side that came naturally to him. Ever since he has dutifully defended the city that became home as if born from its bosom and not merely adopted.

Margaret Aspinall spent three decades fighting for justice after her son, James, was one of those who died at the FA Cup semi-final. It has been a painful journey, but whenever she is in a room with Dalglish it is noticeable that there was a little relief. He would make her smile and laugh.

Dalglish has had that same effect on the family of Sean Cox, the Liverpool supporter who suffered life-changing brain injuries when he was attacked before a Champions League semi-final at Anfield in April 2018. Warmth and empathy for those who are important have always been key for him.

Liverpool are in the process of counting down the club’s greatest 100 figures and if it does not end with Dalglish at No1 that would be a surprise. Dalglish would not want to be part of that debate, his default position being always to play down his own achievements while sharing the credit around.

But when Liverpool, the city and the club, needed someone to trust, someone to listen, someone to simply be there, they found it in him. That elevates him to a unique position and explains to those not fortunate enough to have seen him in the No 7 shirt just why he is held in such esteem. Of course, the weight on Dalglish after Hillsborough ultimately affected his health, leading to his resignation as manager in February 1991, and now that is the subject of renewed focus.

His wife, Marina, was successfully treated for breast cancer in 2003. Afterwards, the Marina Dalglish Appeal was set up by the Dalglish family in 2005 and has since raised £13 million to improve the lives of people fighting cancer.

Liverpool said their support, best wishes and the love of everyone at the club were with Dalglish and his family. That sentiment will be shared the world over.

A decorated career
Player
102 Scotland caps
4 Scottish league titles (Celtic)
6 English league titles (Liverpool)
3 European Cup titles (Liverpool)
2 FWA Footballer of the Year awards Ballon d’Or runner-up 1983

Manager
3 English First Division titles (Liverpool)
2 FA Cups (Liverpool)
1 Premier League (Blackburn)

Honours
MBE in 1985 Knighted in 2018

 

[LFC]

Yes
I didn’t want to bring it up having seen reports the other day.
LEGEND
The heydays I grew up luving LFC he was right in the thick of it - what a player ! Followed by managing red man through and through !
Though we are all human bloody cancer sucks !
I wish KK the bloody best !

My ol man just got taken by the desease early Dec past

 

[Robbos]

Yes
I didn’t want to bring it up having seen reports the other day.
LEGEND
The heydays I grew up luving LFC he was right in the thick of it - what a player ! Followed by managing red man through and through !
Though we are all human bloody cancer sucks !
I wish KK the bloody best !

My ol man just got taken by the desease early Dec past

Great great player was the best player in the best team in the world in the 80s.
All the best King Kenny and KK too.
Sorry to hear about your dad, condolences.

 

[Football us life]

Yes
I didn’t want to bring it up having seen reports the other day.
LEGEND
The heydays I grew up luving LFC he was right in the thick of it - what a player ! Followed by managing red man through and through !
Though we are all human bloody cancer sucks !
I wish KK the bloody best !

My ol man just got taken by the desease early Dec past

Sorry to hear that too mate. I've got two friends who are both in recovery right now and my brother-in-law has a rare 'slow-burn' cancer that cannot be cured.

It's a shocking disease.

 

[LFC]

Thanks for the kind thoughts guys, heavy loss for any of us when its your luved ones....let alone friends.
All the best to bro inlaw mate and your friends.
Popa was my football inspiration since a bub - imagine he and my mum kept coming to watch my games into my 50's - haha how cool.
That bloody cancer got him within a year - too old to operate, ugly to watch the change of one luved so much.
KK @ 75yrs only I wish him all the very best !!!!!

 

[Monoethnic Social Club]

Thanks for the kind thoughts guys, heavy loss for any of us when its your luved ones....let alone friends.
All the best to bro inlaw mate and your friends.
Popa was my football inspiration since a bub - imagine he and my mum kept coming to watch my games into my 50's - haha how cool.
That bloody cancer got him within a year - too old to operate, ugly to watch the change of one luved so much.
KK @ 75yrs only I wish him all the very best !!!!!

Condoglianze my friend.... You're old boy is still watching down on your games from up there... don't pull a hammy...