Each time I speak to Kenny Dalglish over the telephone, he signs off in the same way. 'Hasta luego,' he says, whether he is on holiday in La Manga or at home in Southport, drawing the Spanish phrase out in contented Glaswegian so that it exudes peacefulness and rest. See you later.
Dalglish has earned his peace and he has earned his rest. They were strangers to him for a long time, sent into exile by the horror of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 and by his unwavering determination to try to bring some measure of comfort and support and justice to the families of the 96 Liverpool fans who were killed in Sheffield.