I've been fortunate, over the years, to witness some truly wonderful performances by some truly wonderful players. For me, though, there will always be one true great - Mr Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish.

When Kevin Keegan left Liverpool in '77 there seemed to be no way he could be replaced. We were the newly crowned European Champions, the culmination in many ways of a journey that had began some 17 years previously with the appointment of Bill Shankly as manager.

We needed someone special to fill the void and ensure that we continued forward; but how could you replace someone of Keegan's undoubted quality?

'There is a saying in football "Show us your medals" and few players can put as many down on the table as Dalglish can'

Thankfully, Bob Paisley had the answer, and a deal was agreed that saw Dalglish make the move from Celtic to Anfield for the sum of £440,000. A huge sum of money in those days, but to be honest they were robbed!

In his first season alone he scored 31 goals, including the one that retained the European Cup and it was soon clear that we had signed someone very special indeed.

It wasn't his goal-scoring that made him stand out to me, though, but his vision and range of passing. He sometimes seemed to be on a different pitch to everyone else, so much time and space he could create for himself, before picking out the perfect pass to carve a defence wide open.