Kevin Keegan, Football Icon, Dies Aged 75

Kevin Keegan, who has died aged 75, was one of football's most charismatic and influential figures in a career of many chapters that took him from superstar player to elite manager. While some may remember him best for his ill-fated reign as England manager, he will rightly be much more celebrated as a world-class player at Liverpool and Hamburg, captaining England, and shining latterly at Southampton and Newcastle United, before becoming arguably the most beloved figure in the Tyneside club's history. [...] He was left out of Greenwood's successor Bobby Robson's next squad, and never played for England again. [...] Keegan felt Southampton, even under the shrewd management of Lawrie McMenemy, did not match his ambition so he signed for Newcastle - then in the old Division Two - for £100,000 just before the start of the 1982-83 season. [...] He was left out of Greenwood's successor Bobby Robson's next squad, and never played for England again. [...] Keegan felt Southampton, even under the shrewd management of Lawrie McMenemy, did not match his ambition so he signed for Newcastle - then in the old Division Two - for £100,000 just before the start of the 1982-83 season. [...] (Full article content preserved as per instructions, with paragraph breaks and quotation marks intact)