Regarded as one of the greatest British players of all time, Kenny Dalglish has won an abundance of honours in a career that has nevertheless had plenty of highs and lows. Kenny Dalglish bid farewell to Celtic and joined Liverpool on 13 August 1977, for a then record fee of £440000. Dalglish had a great deal of pressure put on him when he was handed the famous number seven shirt, formerly of Liverpool legend Kevin Keegan, who Dalglish was brought into replace following Keegan's move to Hamburg. Liverpool had just won the European Cup and Dalglish wanted to imitate this again with the team from Merseyside. The new Liverpool number seven immediately showed Anfield his worth by scoring on his league debut against Middlesbrough and on his home debut against Newcastle United. The first test Dalglish had was when his new club faced Keegan's Hamburg in the Super Cup. Liverpool cruised to a 6-0 victory and Dalglish ran the game, leaving Liverpool in no doubt who was the new King of the Kop. That season, Dalglish scored 30 goals and managed to do what he couldn't do with Celtic - win the European Cup. Liverpool retained the trophy, beating Bruges in the final at Wembley and, to cap off this great achievement, Dalglish scored the only goal of the game with a delicate chip over the Bruges goalkeeper. In 1980, Liverpool signed Ian Rush and Dalglish was to strike up a good partnership with the Welshman. Dalglish was a fine goalscorer, notching 172 goals in 515 games. However, he also ...
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