Why Bill Shankly first turned down Liverpool FC – “The shrewd guy he was”.
Bill Shankly served Liverpool with distinction between 1959 and 1974, but he had turned down the club’s approach eight years previous, and here’s why.
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Shankly was lured from Huddersfield Town on December 14, 1959, but Liverpool had attempted to bring him in earlier and would have been successful if not for the directors’ need for control.