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Celtic and Liverpool Legend Sir Kenny Dalglish Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Former Celtic, Liverpool and Scotland striker Sir Kenny Dalglish tested positive for coronavirus but “remains asymptomatic.”

The 69-year-old was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday for a “treatment of an infection which required intravenous antibiotics.”

In a statement on Twitter Celtic said:“Sending our love and best wishes to @kennethdalglish following tonight’s news. Get well soon, King Kenny”

Premier League leaders Liverpool also released a statement: “Sir Kenny was admitted to hospital on Wednesday April 8 for treatment of an infection which required intravenous antibiotics.

In keeping with current procedures, he was subsequently tested for COVID-19 despite having previously displayed no symptoms of the illness. Unexpectedly, the test result was positive but he remains asymptomatic.

Prior to his admission to hospital, Sir Kenny had chosen to voluntarily self-isolate for longer than the advised period together with his family. He would urge everyone to follow the relevant government and expert guidance in the days and weeks ahead.”

Dalglish won the Scottish Premiership four times with Celtic before moving to Liverpool in 1977. He won eight league Championships as a player and manager and three European Cups with them. Dalglish also won the Premier League with Blackburn Rovers as their manager in 1995. He played for Scotland 102 times and scored 30 goals.

Sir Kenny Dalglish recently said it would be “totally out of order” to deny Liverpool the chance to capture the Premier League title. He wrote in his column for The Sunday Post that competitions halted due to COVID-19 must eventually be completed.

“Now, I’m a football man. I don’t have all the medical facts at my fingertips.

And without trying to guess what might, or might not, happen in the next three or four weeks, my first thought is that we must be given time to finish the competitions in our own backyard.

If that means we need to play every second night for three weeks during May, or even into June, then so be it.”

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