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Liverpool legend Dalglish reveals he is undergoing treatment for cancer

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Liverpool great Kenny Dalglish said on ⁠Tuesday that he is undergoing treatment for cancer.

[p]Dalglish, who won ‌over 30 trophies for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] as ‌a player and a manager, ‌announced the diagnosis on social ‌media.[/p][p][b]"As my inadvertent social media post ‌has indicated, I am currently undergoing treatment for cancer. Unlike my ‌mobile phone use, the ⁠treatment is ‌going well,"[/b] the 75-year-old wrote on ​Instagram.[/p][p][b]"Ideally, this would have remained private because that's the ​way it should be, but my useless technology skills have forced ⁠my ​hand.[/b][/p][p][b]"Obviously, I did not mean to make this matter public, so I would appreciate it if the ‌privacy of my family and myself are respected."[/b][/p][embed guid="29036662-53d5-4e71-bf7e-577df516da72" url="https://x.com/LFC/status/2061767029380821462" social-type="twitter" /][p]Dalglish scored 172 goals for Liverpool in 13 seasons as a player, winning six league titles and three European Cups during the Merseyside club's glory years.[/p][p]He later took charge ‌as manager, guiding the Anfield ​side to three league titles ‌and two FA Cups in the 1980s.[/p][p]Kevin Keegan, another prolific former Liverpool forward, revealed on Monday that he has ⁠stage four ⁠cancer.[/p]

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