Liverpool legend Steve Heighway believes Bill Shankly would be a great admirer of what is currently going on at the club.
Heighway played under the Anfield great in the early 1970s before continuing his success in his role as academy director from the late 80s.
The 68-year-old is well aware that modern day football is not the same as when he played and coached but feels that Shankly, who won 11 trophies as Reds boss, would approve of how Jurgen Klopp is going about his business today.
“There is no relationship between football now and from the Bill Shankly days, but that does not mean the people from the past did not leave an indelible mark on the football club," he told The Telegraph.
“There has been enormous change at Liverpool, but when I see what is happening here now - and what the first team are doing - I approve. And I think Shanks would approve, too.
“He'd approve of the ethics. He'd approve of the work rate. He'd approve the way the first team is playing. And he'd approve the way we are treating the youngsters. He would like that. He would like that a lot."