Jan Molby: 'People laugh when I tell them I'm not actually from Liverpool'

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He told the ECHO in an exclusive interview: "At the time when I came, I had no affiliation to Liverpool as a city or to the football club."I came to play football, as what footballers do. I can't run away from it."Molby laughed this is why he has been labelled "the first Scouser to play for Denmark" as his unique voice fools modern fans into believing he was actually born and bred in the city.

He said: "What I get now with the younger generation of Liverpool fans is when I tell them I'm from Denmark, they look at me and go , 'He's funny him isn't he?' Because people just refuse to believe it."Molby's unbreakable connection with Merseyside means he was named an honorary Scouser in 2009 by the Lord Mayor and he still embraces his role as an ambassador for the club to this day. He said: "You will have footballers who play for football clubs and people think well he was only there to earn his money.

When you win things, the kit looks better doesn't it?"Molby's favourite is the 1985/86 away kit as he joked he looked like "George Clooney" in that, but he said the 95/96 iconic green strip is still important to him because it represents a special time in the club's history.He said: "The old became the new as we were moving on. The classy midfielder was the first foreign player to spend over a decade with an English club and said it's been amazing to see the love for the Reds continue to grow around the world since he hung up his boots.He added: "I don't think when I left the club in 1996 it would get to this level of popularity with the Premier League and Liverpool.