“He is a treat to watch. Everything he does is so sweet and crisp. No pass is too difficult to try, he has spells when you think he's operating it by remote control.”
Liverpool have had some superlative passers of a ball over the years and the glowing tribute above could easily have been said of Kenny Dalglish, Xabi Alonso or modern-day midfield maestro Thiago Alcântara.
In fact, it was delivered by Anfield great Bob Paisley about a player he never directly managed but who is regarded by many who saw him in action as one of - if not, the - finest manipulators of a football to ever wear the red shirt, whose passing mastery was at the heart of one of the club’s most treasured successes.
