A present Premier League supervisor has stated that an opportunity assembly with a Liverpool legend who he idolised when rising up left him starstruck.
Among the many many iconic figures to have both performed for or managed this nice membership, few (if any) are worshipped to the identical extent as Sir Kenny Dalglish, who’s regarded by many Reds as the best to ever pull on the well-known shirt and who additionally had a profitable managerial tenure at Anfield.
The renaming of the stadium’s Centenary Stand in his name seven years in the past attests to the reverence with which he’s thought-about in L4, and one man who’d love to hitch him on the checklist of Premier League-winning managers has spoken of being in awe of him.
Postecoglou starstruck by Sir Kenny Dalglish
In a characteristic for TNT Sports, Ange Postecoglou partook in a collection of quickfire questions, one in every of which was whether or not he’d ever been starstruck (and if that’s the case, by who).
The Tottenham boss replied: “Yeah, on a regular basis. I ran into Kenny Dalglish, who was my hero rising up, once I was at Anfield. These ones at all times, yeah.”
Dalglish’s legend standing at Liverpool is like no different
Contemplating that Postecoglou was a childhood fan of Liverpool through the Seventies and 80s, it’s under no circumstances stunning that he’d regard the legendary Dalglish as his idol rising up.
A six-time league winner and three-time European champion throughout his taking part in profession at Anfield, the Glaswegian netted 172 instances in 515 appearances for the Reds, with the late, nice Bob Paisley hailing him as ‘probably the most gifted’ participant he’d encountered in additional than 40 years at Anfield (lfchistory.net).
King Kenny’s legacy was additional cemented by successful three league titles and two FA Cups as LFC supervisor, however even these achievements had been thought-about secondary compared to his extraordinary present of assist for the victims of the Hillsborough catastrophe, attending the funerals of all 97 fans who died.
Postecoglou would possibly now be a well-known title in his personal proper, however even he was weak on the knees when face-to-face with the one and solely Sir Kenny Dalglish.
