The remembrance of the Red's star legend left us today last year, Liverpool fans celebrate

It has been asserted on occasion that a football manager's legacy is the actual test of his or her excellence when Brian Clough and Alex Ferguson left their positions at Manchester United and Nottingham Forest, respectively, you only needed to look at those two glaring examples to see how a lack of succession planning could undermine…

Much of the previous progress. By revitalizing the club on and off the field and developing a winning culture that has endured into the present era, Bill Shankly solidified his place in the Liverpool pantheon and brought a once-great club that was mired in the Second Division into the modern era, It was solidified by his parting gift when he said goodbye to Anfield on July 12, 1974.

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The signing of his final Liverpool player was finalized on that same day, initially being greatly overshadowed by the seismic shock of his resignation, but with time emerging as yet another brilliant move. Given Shankly's unexpected retirement announcement at the same time his arrival naturally went unnoticed, 

but the Scot was obviously pleased with his final transaction at the helm of Anfield and did not hold back in expressing it. Kennedy will perform admirably for Liverpool, according to Shankly. He is huge, courageous, and powerful. We now have the biggest depth of strength we've ever had thanks to his acquisition.

Kennedy a threat to rivals

There was no question in Paisley's mind as to the significance of his converted left-sided midfielder, and he revealed that, of all the outstanding players he had at his disposal while managing Liverpool, Kennedy was the one who attracted the most interest from rival clubs when Ray Kennedy was playing in Europe during Paisley's tenure as manager, "He, out of them all, was the one that they were more concerned about than anybody, and that I got more people enquiring about Ray Kennedy than any of the others," Paisley said.