This time last season, Rafa made what I think was the best signing of the summer by bringing back Sammy Lee to Liverpool as his assistant. Now this time round, he has made another very important signing, King Kenny Dalglish is now back!

Dalglish will assume a senior role at the Liverpool Academy and will also act as a club ambassador working with the commercial side of the business around the world.

Kenny’s role in the academy must be the most important role he is going to take up as he works alongside new Academy Director Frank McParland.

With the way the game is going and with all these crazy transfer fees being thrown around, I guess it is time for teams to be serious about their academies and rather groom players who in four or five years time could become starts for the first team and thus we would not need to go and spend millions in signing players.

One thing I really hope will change with Kenny’s arrival is seeing these players who come through the ranks getting a crack at first team football. Kenny is very knowledgeable about the game and I am sure he will know when a young player is ready for the first team or not. I have seen the likes of Darby, Spearing, Pacheco and Nemeth do well for the reserves and youth team but they have not been given a crack at regular first team football. Maybe they are not ready, I do not know. But if one person would know and would be able to tell Rafa, “Give this kid a chance” it is Kenny and that is why I am glad he is back.

Before this season started, I said that our best signing in the summer was getting Sam Lee to return to Anfield and become Rafa’s assistant. As the season is getting to a close, we have clearly progressed in the league and we may just be a bit short of getting the title this season but we are already making plans for making sure we win the Premiership next season and it all starts with the possible return of Kenny Dalglish. For me King Kenny is my all time favourite Liverpool player. I loved him as a player and then as a manager. I was gutted when he left his role as manager after the Hillsborough disaster. It is interesting to hear him now say that if Liverpool asked him to be manager again after Hillsborough, he would have said yes.

I would have loved to see Dalglish back in the dugout but I guess all good things come to those that wait and Dalglish may yet be back at Anfield. He may not be back in the dugout as I would have loved but whatever role he takes up, be it in the youth academy, a consultant or director of football, just having the King back in the running of the club will be a huge bonus.

If my understanding is correct, Kenny would become an advisor to Rafa and I think Rafa would benefit a great deal from Kenny’s experience especially when it comes to the league. Dalglish may spend more time working with the academy so he can develop the young talent on Merseyside and make sure they come to Liverpool and not Everton. What is encouraging to hear is that Kenny is more than ready to come back and help the club in anyway he can.

Please come back Kenny!!