Kenny confirmed

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He made the people smile.

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From this morning's BBC gossip column: "Sir Alex Ferguson fears the appointment of Kenny Dalglish as permanent Liverpool manager could herald a successful new era at Anfield". You don't say!

(Full story's from the Daily Star, so I didn't bother clicking)

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From this morning's BBC gossip column: "Sir Alex Ferguson fears the appointment of Kenny Dalglish as permanent Liverpool manager could herald a successful new era at Anfield". You don't say!

(Full story's from the Daily Star, so I didn't bother clicking)

Dont remember him making the same sort of comments when his mate Roy got the job

Fergie fears Kenny - he profited greatly when Kenny left Liverpool and again when he left Blackburn (after Kenny challenged him)

I think the reason Fergie fears him is because in many ways hes similar to Kenny

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without the charisma obviously though!

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Dont remember him making the same sort of comments when his mate Roy got the job

Fergie fears Kenny - he profited greatly when Kenny left Liverpool and again when he left Blackburn (after Kenny challenged him)

I think the reason Fergie fears him is because in many ways hes similar to Kenny

Definitely

I remember saying this at the start of Hodgsons reign. I didn't like how matey matey he seemed with all the opposition managers. You will not find Kenny giving it all 'Sir Alex'... And he is clearly the only other manager able to dominate a press conference, the media seem to almost revere Kenny, I have noticed already how we are receiving a lot more positive press coverage.

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Definitely

I remember saying this at the start of Hodgsons reign. I didn't like how matey matey he seemed with all the opposition managers. You will not find Kenny giving it all 'Sir Alex'... And he is clearly the only other manager able to dominate a press conference, the media seem to almost revere Kenny, I have noticed already how we are receiving a lot more positive press coverage.

Now we don't have a filthy foreigner as a manager.

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Now we don't have a filthy foreigner as a manager.

The press never gave Rafa credit, even when he was over-achieving that is for sure.

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The press never gave Rafa credit, even when he was over-achieving that is for sure.

There's a massive zenephobia amongst the British football press and its not just restricted to LFC. Tony Barrett made an interesting point the other day about how Redknapp gets away with murder coz he's so chummy with the press, while if it was Ramos with the same results this year, he would have been slaughtered.

Most foreign managers are continually belittled by the press, with ex-players the worst offenders IMO.

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The amount of joy I see here, and then I think back at all those who thought he was passed it. And it makes me chortle.

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Definitely

I remember saying this at the start of Hodgsons reign. I didn't like how matey matey he seemed with all the opposition managers. You will not find Kenny giving it all 'Sir Alex'... And he is clearly the only other manager able to dominate a press conference, the media seem to almost revere Kenny, I have noticed already how we are receiving a lot more positive press coverage.

There was a story about a League Managers Association meeting shortly after Kenny got the caretaker role

Everyone at the LMA calls Ferguson "Sir Alex" but apparently Kenny kept calling him "Fergie" (which apparently annoys the **** out of Fergie)

The journos were saying Kenny doesnt do it to annoy him, he does it because he refuses to acknowledge that he is inferior to "Fergie" and in fact he believes hes far superior to "Fergie" - as a player, player manager, & manager etc...

Apparently Dalglish's record as a player and the trophies he won as a player manager really gripes with Fergie

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wouldnt it be good if Kenny but him out to pasture

[Leyton388]

Kenny Dalglish's appointment as Liverpool manager on a three-year deal is phenomenal news for the club and its supporters. It is exactly what he deserves, too, as reward for rejuvenating the club on and off the field.

As a friend of Kenny's, I am so pleased. I know how much he loves Liverpool. And as someone who has the club's best interests at heart, there is no question that he is the best man for this job.

Kenny's delight in being back as Liverpool manager after a 20-year absence has been plain to see. For very understandable reasons, he felt he had to take time out from the game in 1991. But after a six-week break, he returned refreshed, realising he had made a mistake.

He was also treated relatively poorly by Liverpool in the 1990s, when, as he revealed himself recently, he was asked back only for the club to have a change of heart at the last minute.
Yet he was never anti-Liverpool for a second and only ever wanted the best for everyone at Anfield.

Now he has been handed a long-term contract to take Liverpool forward and I don't know anyone involved with the club who thinks this is anything other than a fantastic development.

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Kenny is immersed in the fabric of Liverpool. He knows what the club stands for, what the supporters want, and what type of players and football they want to see.
The cynics out there questioned the decision to make him caretaker manager after Roy Hodgson's sacking, basing their doubts on the fact that he had been out of frontline management for 10 years.

I have said many times that he has had his finger on the pulse of football for almost every day of that decade and was never really away from the game, spending so much time as an observer and supporter of Liverpool in the directors box at Anfield.

The essentials of the game are also exactly the same as when Kenny arrived at Anfield in 1977 - and they will be the same in 2057. It is about the basics of attacking and defending, passing and moving, and getting the best from the 11 players sent out on to the pitch.

Fitness and diet have improved, as has the approach to food and alcohol, but not that much has altered. If any new tricks have crept into football in the last 10 years, then Kenny knows about them.

He has followed football closely and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of players around the world, far more than I would ever know, so to suggest he has been 'away' from football is nonsense.

Kenny put himself forward for the job in the summer before Hodgson was appointed. While hindsight is a wonderful thing and it is easy to say he should have been given the job then, I do think it was crazy not to even consider him. That was a mistake.

The news of Kenny's long-term appointment comes at a time when Liverpool are resurgent. While his message will be not to get carried away, his nature and insight into the club will mean he will want them to improve and be challenging for the major honours once more.

Kenny is immersed in the fabric of Liverpool. He knows what the club stands for, what the supporters want, and what type of players and football they want to see.

What he has done since replacing Hodgson has been nothing short of remarkable. The signing of Luis Suarez from Ajax is already starting to look like a bargain, even at £23m.

Liverpool supporters adore Dalglish and affectionately call him King Kenny Kenny's reputation and standing in the game will enable Liverpool to attract players, a task made easier by the fact that the team are now lying fifth in the table. There is a very obvious sense that the club is moving forward again.

It is far too soon to be talking about Liverpool winning titles again but if anyone can make that happen Kenny can. I suppose a four-year deal would have been better but he is clearly happy with the terms of his contract and the structure of the club, working alongside director of football Damien Comolli.

The philosophy of Liverpool owner John W Henry and the Fenway Sports Group has been to appoint a young manager. It is very hard to change a principle like that when you feel that is the way forward but Kenny has made it very easy for them with the job he has done since coming back.

They know the fans want Kenny but they also know this is not just sentiment. They want him - and FSG want him - because he has proved he can get results on the pitch and can galvanise and unite the whole club.

This is why Kenny's appointment is perfect for the club. I know I speak as a friend of Kenny but Liverpool could not be in better hands.

The part about how Kenny wanted to come back after 6 weeks out and was treated poorly by the club in the 90's is another reason why David moores is a ****ing clueless prick who ruined this club.

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One of the nicest emails I've had recently came from a Mail on Sunday reader, telling me he had been on a cricket club tour to Menorca over Easter and stayed in the same hotel as a team representing our Liverpool Academy, who were over there playing in a tournament.*
The reader took the trouble to let me know he thought our players should be 'commended on their appearance and impeccable behaviour' in the hotel and restaurant and went on to describe the group as polite and orderly.*
It's comments like that about our young players who are in their mid-teens which have helped make me feel so proud to be appointed the manager of Liverpool Football Club this week.

Done deal: Flanked by Damien Comolli (left) and Ian Ayre (right), Kenny Dalglish is confirmed as permanent Liverpool boss this week
Success on the field for a club with Liverpool's tradition and history is paramount, of course it is. But at the same time, there is no reason it should not go hand-in-hand with a philosophy of showing respect to others and being ambassadors off the field.*
It's the way I was brought up by my parents, and my wife, Marina, was the same. If they're considered oldfashioned values, fair enough, but I still think they have a part to play in modern football as well as any other walk of life. It doesn't have to be detrimental to your ultimate desire to be successful. It's one of the things that has pleased me most in recent months.
It has become a well-known fact that I was on holiday aboard a cruise ship when I was asked to come back and help Liverpool in the short term. Fortunately for me, things have gone relatively well since then and on Thursday it became something more permanent.*
Certainly, the year 2011 has been different for me! But what has given me extra satisfaction is being able to share my good news with the rest of the Dalglish family, knowing they have also enjoyed noteable achievements this year.
My son Paul, who now lives in Texas, has recently had twins, Kelly is expecting her second child later this year, Lynsey is getting married and Lauren is doing very well in her fashion career while the medical facility built with funds by Marina's cancer foundation is due to officially open soon.*
Telling the family about the announcement of my appointment was one of the best parts of the week. They were delighted for me. They were all so supportive when I was offered the job on an interim basis in January and their support has not wavered for a single second since then.*
Lynsey's reaction after it was all made public was to tweet that she now expects champagne rather than Lambrini at her wedding. We'll have to see about that!*
The response of the players was a little more low-key. I told them in training before I went into the press conference. They just carried on with their stretches but I hope they were pleased!*
They have been fantastic and I must also mention Steve Clarke, my assistant. His contribution shouldn't be underestimated in any way.*
Life has changed for me in the last five months but I have never been afraid of hard work and am aware there are many people at the club who work equally as hard or harder than I do.*
It has been a very pleasing end to the season and the players' efforts shouldn't be diminished regardless of the results of the two remaining games, including Sunday's against Tottenham.*
My work, together with Damien Comolli, won't stop now just because we are nearing the end of the season. In fact, it could only be starting!*
I don't think we will be quiet during the summer and am sure we will be linked with a lot of players.*
All I can say about transfer targets is they have to be of the right calibre because the ones we've already got at the club have been fantastic so far. Anybody who comes in will have to improve the squad, otherwise we will keep our money in our pockets.*


Regardless of whether we are in the Champions League, Europa League or not in Europe at all, Liverpool FC are still a great club to sign for and I am confident that if we want players, we will get them. If a potential signing wants too much money that we feel is disrespectful to the ones already here, we have the belief in ourselves to walk away from the deal.*
But the plan must always be to try to strengthen and improve and the owners here want the club to be successful as much as anyone else.*
The last few weeks have seen us set high standards for ourselves. To beat Manchester United and Manchester City shows what we are capable of.*
Next season we have to try to attain results like that consistently, over a period of time.*
The values and virtues of Liverpool Football Club have also been close to my heart. Usually, they are my values and virtues as well. This is a fantastic opportunity to help the club that has given me and my family so much.*
If we can all do as well as those Academy lads who went to Menorca over Easter and represented Liverpool in the proper manner, we have half a chance.

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Dalglish: Liverpool WILL spend money this summer

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has stressed it is not imperative for the club to spend big this summer.

Owners Fenway Sports Group are preparing for their first extended transfer window, having only bought the club last October, but showed in January they are prepared to sanction major spending when it is required.

Having sold Fernando Torres and Ryan Babel to Chelsea and Hoffenheim respectively, the Americans sanctioned the use of the £56million income to buy club record signings Andy Carroll and Luis Suarez for a combined £57.8million.

Now Dalglish has been confirmed as permanent manager, it is natural FSG will want to back the club icon as he looks to build on the success he has enjoyed since first taking over control of the team in January.

Liverpool have been linked with a whole host of players but, while there will be changes to the squad, the Reds boss has no desire to spend for the sake of it.

"Whether is it massively or cheaply, it doesn't make any difference as long as you spend well," said the 60-year-old, whose side can secure fifth place and Europa League football with a win over Tottenham at Anfield tomorrow.

"Budgets are all very well and good but it doesn't guarantee you anything.

"But as long as your players are playing well you have a chance.

"Like every other club there will be movement in and out and I am sure there will be plenty of speculation - some we might even recognise the names of.

"We will be doing business but the better we do the business the more successful we will be."

Director of football Damien Comolli is in charge of finding the players to bolster Dalglish's playing staff but he, like the manager, has been impressed by how the current squad have responded to the Scot's methods despite criticism earlier in the season they did not have enough quality.

"Players going out, coming in is the game but I think we have to respect what the current players have done this season and they have done tremendously since January," said the Frenchman.

"If you take the points average per game since January we are second in the league and that is a fantastic turnaround.

"There are two massive games we need to play and we need to focus on those rather than talk about who is going to come in and who is going to go out - that is for later.

"We know where we are going but we absolutely concentrate on this season."

Comolli was responsible for conducting the negotiations which brought Carroll and Suarez to Anfield but he said the way the top-level management structure operated pointed to further success.

And the development of players from the academy, with the likes of teenagers John Flanagan and Jack Robinson being given their chance by Dalglish, was an unexpected positive so early in FSG's reign.

"Since Kenny came in we have shown to ourselves and the outside world that the four of us - I include the two owners (John Henry and Tom Werner) - work very well together when it is crunch time and big decision time.

"That is what we did in January and I think we enjoyed that moment - all the decisions we made in January have started to pay off and hopefully it will pay off in the long term as well.

"Coming back to the young players, it is an absolutely fantastic motivation for everyone involved at the academy that we have three to four - five sometimes - who are coming from the academy.

"That is a very strong statement and just that unified the club massively."

Dalglish agreed, adding: "The young lads have been fantastic coming and training with us and that is really rewarding.

"For us it is refreshing to see young players coming through and the first-team players enjoy seeing them come through. In a strange way it gives them a lift.

"The boys in general have been fantastic, especially recently, but we are not going to shout our mouth off about that.

"We will just go about our job, go about preparation for the Tottenham game which is the most important thing."

Carroll could make a return to the squad tomorrow, having missed two of the last three matches with a knee injury, but is likely to have to settle for a place on the bench.

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Dalglish promises not to blow £50m on 'greedy' players

Dalglish promises not to blow £50m on 'greedy' players
Published 23:01 14/05/11 By Simon Mullock

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Kenny Dalglish has been told he can splash the cash by Liverpool’s owners – but he has warned he will not be held to ransom by greedy players.

Sunday Mirror Sport understands that Fenway Sport Group are ready to invest more than £50million in strengthening a Liverpool squad that has been resurgent since Dalglish replaced Roy Hodgson as manager in January.

They have also told the Scot that his budget will be swelled by any player sales, with Dalglish himself admitting that there will be departures from Anfield.

But the Kop boss has rubbished suggestions that Liverpool will have to pay over the odds for top players with no Champions League football on offer next season.

Liverpool can qualify for the Europa League by beating Tottenham at Anfield today, and Dalglsh said: “I don’t want to stand here and say how much we will have to spend or whether we are going after this player or that player.

“I want to give the players that are here the utmost respect for their efforts this season, but there will be people leaving and people coming in because that’s the nature of a football club.

“What I will say is that the owners have been fully supportive. They want the club to be successful and if we don’t have the players here to do that then we need to go and find somebody else.

“At the same time, if somebody is too greedy then they won’t be coming here.

“People are entitled to their own opinion (about the effect of not being in the Champions League).

“We are confident that we will get players if we want them.

“If they don’t want to come here for the right reasons then we won’t take them anyway. It’s as simple and as straightforward as that.”

Dalglish spent £58million bringing in Andy Carroll and Luiz Suarez to the club in January but recouped most of the cash by selling Fernando Torres to Chelsea for £50million.

Ten wins and three draws in 16 matches have seen Liverpool sour up the table into fifth place – and convinced owner John Henry to hand the Anfield legend a three-year contract.

But Dalglish is aware that Liverpool’s resurgence has simply papered over the cracks in inherited.

He said: “I don’t think we will be quiet during the summer and although we can all look forward to next season we also have to remain realistic.

“We won’t buy players if they are not the right calibre. We will keep our money in our pockets.

“Anybody that is coming in here will need to better than the ones here, but that is a big ask and that ireduces your options every time.

“I hope my coming back doesn’t frighten anyone away!

“As I’ve said, we will do our best quietly and efficiently and hopefully to the same quality and integrity as we have done our recent business.”

When Sir Alex Ferguson took over at Manchester United in November 1986 he immediately set his sights on knocking Liverpool off their perch.

He has done that by winning 12 titles in 19 seasons, but while privately Dalglish will be burning with the desire to return the compliment he is too wise to become embroiled in mind games with his fellow Glaswegian.

Dalglish added: “We set our own standards here, but we have to get up to speed with the people who are better than us.

“How do you judge they are better? The league position.

“I think we have beaten three of the top four and that is the standard we have to reach if we want to be successful.

“We have to get to the level that the successful teams are playing at.”