Soccer-Liverpool great Dalglish reveals cancer diagnosis


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Friendly Match - Liverpool Legends v Borussia Dortmund Legends - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - March 28, 2026 Liverpool Legends manager Kenny Dalglish before the match Action Images via Reuters/Jason Cairnduff/File Photo

June 2 (Reuters) - Liverpool ⁠great Kenny Dalglish said on Tuesday that ⁠he is undergoing treatment for cancer.

Dalglish, ‌who won over 30 trophies for Liverpool as a player and a manager, announced the diagnosis on social media.

"As ​my inadvertent social media post ⁠has indicated, I am ⁠currently undergoing treatment for cancer. Unlike my mobile ⁠phone ‌use, the treatment is going well," the 75-year-old wrote on Instagram.

"Ideally, this ⁠would have remained private because that's the ​way it ‌should be, but my useless technology skills ⁠have forced ​my hand.

"Obviously, I did not mean to make this matter public so I would appreciate it ⁠if the privacy of my ​family and myself are respected."

Dalglish scored 172 goals for Liverpool in 13 seasons as a player, ⁠winning six league titles and three European Cups during the Merseyside club's glory years.

He later took charge as manager, guiding the Anfield side ​to three league titles and ⁠two FA Cups in the 1980s.

Kevin Keegan, ​another prolific former Liverpool forward, ‌revealed on Monday that he ​has stage four cancer.

(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)

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