Clemence: Klopp the nearest thing Liverpool have had to Shankly
Ray Clemence thought there could never be another Bill Shankly, that they broke the mould when the gravel-voiced Scot who was the architect of the modern Liverpool walked away from Anfield. So the highest praise you could find for Jurgen Klopp as his club stand on the brink of their first Champions League final in 11 years is that Clemence, the goalkeeper in Liverpool's greatest European era, is thinking again. Ray Clemence was Liverpool's goalkeeper in the club's greatest European era Now Clemence looks back on a glorious career with Sportsmail's Ralph Ellis In 665 appearances over 12 seasons for Liverpool, Clemence won three European Cups 'If you ask me to compare them, I thought Shankly was a one-off, but then I'd have to say that Klopp is the nearest thing,' he says. 'I thought Shankly was a one-off, but I'd have to say that Klopp is the nearest thing,' he says CLEMENCE'S MARCH Ray Clemence is backing Prostate Cancer UK's Football March for Men on July 22 by awarding medals to finishers at Wembley. Clemence was diagnosed 13 years ago with prostate cancer and he's defying a disease which kills one man in Britain every 45 minutes.
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