Liverpool great Moran dies at 83

London, March 22: Liverpool greats past and present paid tribute to former captain, coach and caretaker manager Ronnie Moran on Monday following his death aged 83.

“RIP Ronnie Moran,” former captain Steven Gerrard wrote on Instagram.

“Gave me some great advice over the years. The reason our club has a fantastic history is because of people like him. My thoughts are with his family at this sad time.”

Moran spent his entire playing career at Liverpool between 1952 and 1968, making 379 appearances, and served as a coach under managers including Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan and Kenny Dalglish.

Known as ‘Bugsy’, he had two spells as caretaker manager during the early 1990s and had spent 49 years at the club by the time he retired in 1998.

Ian Rush, Liverpool’s alltime leading scorer, tweeted: “It’s a sad day in Football! RIP Mr Liverpool #RonnieMoran you will be greatly missed!”

Moran’s son, Paul, announced on Twitter that he had died on Monday following “a short illness”.

Born locally in Crosby, Moran joined Liverpool on a part-time basis in 1949 and became an ever-present at left-back under Shankly, winning two league titles and the FA Cup.