Kenny Dalglish was once honoured in a special way by Liverpool, but he does not believe he should take all the credit for what he achieved at the club.
Kenny Dalglish might not have dared to dream about just how much of an impact he would go on to make when he signed for Liverpool.
Born in Dalmarnock, Glasgow, Dalglish played for his local team Celtic, where he was already a hero of the club by the time of his departure.
The Scotland international was 26 years old when he came to Anfield and he saw out his playing days in Merseyside, gathering an impressive three European Cups and six Premier League titles.
Dalglish continued to have success at Liverpool as the club’s manager and his name has since been engraved into the stadium he called home for so many years.
The Centenary Stand was renamed the Kenny Dalglish Stand in 2017, during the Reds’ 125th anniversary year.
It would later be called the Sir Kenny Dalglish Stand, as the Liverpool legend was awarded with knighthood the following year to recognise his vast accomplishments.
Dalglish was asked about what it was like to have a stand at Anfield named in his honour and he joked that whoever made the decision must have been drunk at the time.
He told Amazon Prime Video Sport: “It’s a privilege, obviously. It’s a great honour to have anything named after you. There’s a lot of people who have made huge contributions to this football club and I don’t see them having the recognition round about, so somebody must have had a few drinks I think to put my name up there.”
Although Dalglish is appreciative of Liverpool’s gesture, he recognises that his triumphs came about when he was part of a team.
“I’m not ungrateful,” he continued, “but as a team sport and any success we had here, it basically wasn’t down to one person, it was down to everybody and it’s always been a football club for the community and it’s great when it’s like that.”
