IF HAMBURG still wish to sign Kevin Keegan they will find Liverpool's asking price has rocketed after his display of a lifetime in the game in Rome which brought the European Cup to England for only the second time.
"What a tremendous performance Kevin Keegan gave," said an elated manager Bob Paisley.
"His display has put another few bob on his transfer fee. If Hamburg want him they will have have to pay for him.
"He was opposed by Vogts, the best marker in the world, and he got away with an awful lot of rough stuff. A less courageous man than Keegan would have packed it in.
"This has got to be one of his greatest displays. I think he would have scored if he had not been brought down. The lad had made things difficult for himself by talking about going. This frustrated him for weeks, annoyed the crowd and put pressure on the team and on me. The other lads were sensing it.
"We have done a good job for English football. I have said all along there's not much wrong with it if we knuckle down to it and start playing the continental way. It is only our finishing that lets us down.
"What pleased me most was the way the lads came back after Wembley and after losing the lead in this game. It showed tremendous character. Obviously it has got to be the proudest moment of my life and it has given everybody else a little bit to follow now. We made triumph out of disappointment, and it is a tremendously satisfying feeling.
"The treble was always going to be difficult but we came within a whisker of doing it. It was just bad luck, not bad play, that beat us. It was like playing at Anfield," he concluded.
Skipper Emlyn Hughes said: "I'm whacked, but I've never known it to feel so good. We are delighted for ourselves but also the fans."
