Kenny Dalglish ( born 4 March 1951 ) is a former Scottish football player . Kenneth Mathieson `` Kenny '' Dalglish ( Scottish pronunciation : ` kÉ ni : dÉ É `` gli : Ê ' ) MBE ( born 4 March 1951 ) is a former Scottish footballer and the current caretaker manager of Liverpool F.C. Dalglish was voted PFA Player of the Year for the 1982 â `` 83 season , and in 2009 he was named by FourFourTwo football magazine as the greatest striker in post-war British football .