Pound for pound, the big Finn can comfortably claim to be one of Liverpool's greatest value signings of all time.

Gerard Houllier swooped to recruit the centre-back from Dutch side Willem II back in 1999 for what would prove to be a snip price of £2.5million.

In return, Hyypia gave the Reds 10 years of service, 464 appearances, 35 goals and played his part in bringing home six major trophies.