Liverpool legends pay tribute to Moran

Liverpool legends past and present are queuing up to pay their tributes to the late great Ronnie Moran.

The man they called ‘Mr Liverpool’ passed away on Wednesday morning at the age 83.

He spent 49 years as a player, coach and manager at Anfield and the likes of Kenny Dalglish and and Ian Rush have spoken about Moran’s influence at the club for nearly half a century.

Dalglish said: “The contribution and help he gave me was enormous and I’ll be eternally grateful for that – both as a player and a manager. I don’t think anybody that worked with him during his spell at Liverpool will have anything but total admiration and respect and gratitude for what he did for them.

“I don’t think it’s a coincidence that in the most successful spell in the club’s history, Ronnie Moran was of great importance to it. He was there at the outset with Bill Shankly, and the football club as it stands today is because of what Bill Shankly set in place and Ronnie was a big part of that.”

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Rush added: “In training, it wasn’t the nine good things you’d done, it was the one bad thing and he kept on going at you. At one stage you’d think he was personally having a go at you, but looking back now he did it to every newcomer. Everyone used to say ‘watch out for Ronnie Moran, if he gets at you you’re in trouble’, and I was scared of him then!

“There could be 100,000 at Wembley and you could still hear his whistle! No matter what, you could hear that whistle, and everyone would think ‘is that for me or is it for you?!’ and that’s the power Ronnie had.

“It was a pleasure for me to be coached by him.”