Liverpool, June 2 -- Liverpool great Kenny Dalglish on Tuesday confirmed he is undergoing treatment for a cancer diagnosis. Dalglish, who won over 30 trophies for Liverpool as a player and a manager, announced the diagnosis on social media.

"As my inadvertent social media post has indicated, I am currently undergoing treatment for cancer," said Kenny as quoted by Liverpool's website.

"Unlike my mobile phone use, the treatment is going well. Ideally, this would have remained private because that's the way it should be, but my useless technology skills have forced my hand," it added.

"Obviously I did not mean to make this matter public so I would appreciate it if the privacy of my family and myself are respected. As ever, thank you to th...