Former Liverpool manager, Kenny Dalglish, has insisted that he did not ask the players to wear Luis Suarez’s T shirts last season, claiming that they did it of their own accord.
The Uruguayan International was condemned to an eight-match suspension by the Football Association for his alleged racial slur against Manchester United’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Patrice-Evra-c29231.
The striker was set to make his return from the punishment in a league match against Wigan Athletic. Before the start of the game, the entire Liverpool squad garbed themselves in a white T shirt, which had Suarez’s name and picture imprinted on it to express
their support for the player.
The move was heavily criticized by people from across the board, with Dalglish taking the bulk of it for not handling the entire episode in an appropriate manner.
The Scott had openly supported Suarez during the entire incident. However, later, he was forced to issue an apology by the club’s owners for his wrong stand. It is also believed that the manager’s poor handling of the striker eventually cost him his http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684.
Nonetheless, Dalglish has revealed that wearing Suarez’s T shirts during the warm up was not his idea.
He said that it was a gesture of support and respect from the entire squad towards their team-mate, but admitted it was something which should have been avoided.
“I didn’t send them out in the T-shirts. The boy’s decided that themselves,” he told the reporters in an interview.
“You can’t tell me they wouldn’t have done that if they didn’t believe in him and didn’t have respect for him. It might not have been right, but it wasn’t me that decided it.”
The 61-year old, who is considered by many as the greatest http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 player of all times, coached the Reds in 74 games during his second managerial stint at Anfield.
The Suarez-Evra episode was one of the lows of his otherwise illustrious career, which saw him help the Merseyside club claim scores of accolades.
The veteran manager admitted that he was at fault over his stance on Suarez. He also said he would things differently now as the menace of racism needs to curbed in football.
“I would be less helpful and less forthcoming and that’s sad. There’s no place for racism in football in any way, shape or form,” he added.
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