Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has paid tribute to Ronnie Moran after his passing.

Moran was Reds captain when Bill Shankly arrived at the club and would go on to become a fixture on the Liverpool coaching staff in a service which stretched for 49 success-filled years until 1998.

Henderson said: “The reason being captain of Liverpool Football Club is such a huge honour is because legendary figures like Ronnie Moran held it before I did.

“I wasn't lucky enough to work with Ronnie but I had the great fortune of being in his company on the occasions when he came to Melwood to walk around the training pitch and although we all regarded him as a true great, he was as humble and down to earth as anyone you could ever come across.

“I know I speak for all of the current players when I say that we are all deeply saddened by Ronnie's passing and the greatest tribute we can pay to him is to give everything we've got for Liverpool Football Club just as he did each and every single day during the 49 years he spent here.

"YNWA."