Kenny Dalglish on the wind-up over Micky Beale’s game changer

Within football Kenny Dalglish is well known for having the driest sense of humour.

The former Liverpool boss is never fully comfortable with the media, hesitant to give away his real feelings.

An icon of the seventies and eighties, a stand at Anfield is named in his honour in recognition of his contribution as a player and manager plus the leadership he showed through the darkest days in the history of the club and the city itself.

It is more than 20 years since Dalglish was directly involved in Scottish football but his views are still sought after with the Sunday Post publishing a weekly column of his thoughts on the game.

As Michael Beale attempts to undergo a Revolution he is hindered by a number of legacy issues which mainly centres around last summer’s spending spree which sees Ben Davies, Rabbi Matondo, Antonio Colak and Ridvan Yilmaz sitting on lucrative contracts.

Looking into his crystal ball for the season ahead Dalglish highlights one of the highest paid players at Ibrox as a potential game-changer.

Kemar Roofe made six substitute appearances last season, scoring twice in-between Instagram posts of football boots and egg-timers suggesting that he is about to burst back into action.

Picking up on his Sunday Post column, the Daily Record reports Dalglish saying:

A big bonus could be if Kemar Roofe can get a solid pre-season under his belt and pus his way into the team. There is no doubt he is a quality player and knows his way to goal.

Injuries have blighted his Rangers career in the past two years but he has so much to offer. I believe he was in Qatar for extra rehab sessions. I hope it all pays off for him. I’m sure Michael will be delighted if it does.

But he is still looking for another striker to come in and he is quite right to do so. Listen, you can never have enough goalscorer to choose from. But they do not grow on trees and they most certainly do not come cheaply. It will be interesting to see how Rangers get on in this department.

In three seasons at Ibrox Roofe has started 27 SPFL fixtures and came off the bench 21 times, expecting 38 appearances next season and contributing over 20 goals seems to be a tall order.