McMahon hasn’t told everyone he knows in football about his health problems, but he has felt support from those to whom he is closest. He says he is fortunate to have Sir Kenny Dalglish in his life, the manager who made him his first signing for Liverpool in 1985. All these years later, a £1.25 million donation from Dalglish and his wife Marina delivered new technology to Liverpool’s Broadgreen Hospital that has assisted surgeons in carrying out successful operations on patients with cancer of the bladder, kidney and prostate.
This machine has increased McMahon’s chances of survival but Dalglish’s sense of duty relating to care did not end there. He and McMahon live close to each other near Southport and Dalglish has checked on him throughout lockdown, calling him regularly — speaking mainly about the sort of everyday stuff you tend to take for granted. Listening to McMahon, you realise Dalglish has helped emotionally, nursing him through one of the most challenging periods of his life.
“Kenny,” says McMahon. “He’s more than a football manager.”
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He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in December
