Liverpool’s reach as a global giant of football can sometimes be underestimated by those close to the club.
Local supporters of course realise how big their club is, but can sometimes be blind to the mass appeal the Reds have outside of Merseyside and the UK.
The success in Liverpool’s history in terms of wining league titles and European Cups propelled them to the very top of the game.
Success breeds support and the trophy-laden period of the 1970’s and 1980’s left many around the world growing up at the time with allegiances towards Liverpool.
Born in 1965, a young Ange Postecoglou was one of those transfixed by the Reds from the other side of the planet in Australia.
Now a manager of some repute and in charge at Tottenham Hotspur, Postecoglou has already fulfilled what must have been a childhood dream of managing at Anfield in May. And while there, the Australian has admitted that he ‘bumped into’ his boyhood hero.
Ange Postecoglou star struck by Kenny Dalglish
According to some reports, Postecoglou was in the running to be Liverpool manager following Jurgen Klopp’s exit last summer.
However, despite his affiliations to the Reds, the 59-year-old never felt like a serious contender.
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Nevertheless, it certainly would have been a special moment for a boyhood Liverpool fan to be installed as manager.
And Postecoglou once again confirmed those allegiances when asked if he’d ever been ‘starstruck’ by someone during a round of 20 Questions for TNT Sports.
“Yeah, all the time,” answered the Spurs boss. “I bumped into Kenny Dalglish who was my hero growing up when I was at Anfield. Those ones always, yeah.”
No chance for Postecoglou to manage Liverpool
While Postecoglou was doing well at Celtic, he had always felt like someone who might have his eye on the Liverpool job in the future.
However, being older than Klopp, it didn’t quite seem to be on the cards for him.
Instead, Postecoglou joined Tottenham where he has done a decent job so far. But with Spurs in indifferent form this season, the former Celtic boss may not be long for the sack.
If that does happen and his time at Tottenham is ended prematurely, then it’s impossible to see how Postecoglou could come back from that to manage a club like Liverpool.