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Dalglish sacked by Liverpool

Kenny Dalglish has been sacked as Liverpool manager after talks with the club's owners in the US yesterday. The Reds won the League Cup this season but finished a disappointing eighth place in the Premier League.

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John Henry: 'Kenny is the heart and soul of the club'

Principal owner John Henry heaped praise on the outgoing manager in a statement on the Liverpool FC website:

Kenny will always be more than a championship winning manager, more than a championship winning star player. He is in many ways the heart and soul of the club. He personifies everything that is good about Liverpool Football Club. He has always put the Club and its supporters first. Kenny will always be a part of the family at Anfield.

Our job now is to identify and recruit the right person to take this Club forward and build on the strong foundations put in place during the last 18 months.

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