King Kenny ticks all the boxes for happy Henry
Dalglish was brought in by owners Fenway Sports Group to take charge until the end of the season after Roy Hodgson was sacked just six months after taking over from Rafael Benitez.
In that time Dalglish has had a significant effect on the fortunes of the club both on and off the pitch.
Liverpool have won their last three matches with successive clean sheets and are up to seventh in the Barclays Premier League.
And the fact Dalglish was able to spend all of the £56million the club received from the sales of Fernando Torres to Chelsea and Ryan Babel to Hoffenheim – breaking the club’s transfer record to bring in Andy Carroll from Newcastle for £35m – suggests FSG have faith in the 59-year-old Scot in the long term.
“It’s still early but in retrospect you could not have made, in our case it was very fortunate, but we could not have made a better choice,” said Henry.
“I know he, for a long time now, has wanted to be in this position, so it’s a great thing for the club, for Kenny and for us.”
Henry has also hinted they may opt to redevelop Anfield rather than build a new stadium in Stanley Park.
“We were surprised at how beautiful Anfield was both viewing it as an empty stadium and then with the first game,” he said. “It would be hard to replicate that feeling anywhere else.”
Henry also claimed the club did not care what they had to pay for Carroll, as long as they emerged with £15m in cash left over after the sale of Torres.
“The fee for Torres was dependent on what Newcastle asked for Carroll,” Henry said, explaining they simply wanted a difference of £15m.
“The negotiation for us was simply the difference in prices paid by Chelsea and to Newcastle.”
With Babel’s sale realising £6m, the difference on the Carroll deal allowed Liverpool to pay for the £22.8m arrival of Luiz Suarez from Ajax.
CONNECT WITH US TODAY
Be the first to know the latest news and updates
