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LIVERPPOL FC: ON THIS DAY: SAMI SIGNS IN

Liverpool secured one of the most value for money signings in their history when Gerard Houllier swooped to bring in giant Finn Sami Hyypia from Dutch side Willem II in the summer of 1999.

/noticias.info/ The towering centre back, who few people in England had heard of prior to his Anfield move, turned his back on the prospect of Champions League football in Holland to move to Merseyside and become a cornerstone of Houllier's Reds revolution.

It proved to be a wise decision.

He became a Champion of Europe as a Red in 2005 and has firmly established himself as an Anfield legend in his own right, clocking up 445 appearances and counting, while scoring 33 goals - a superb total for a centre back.

He recently prolonged his Anfield stay by another year which will take him to a decade of service at England's most successful football club, a feat that highlights just how good big Sami has been during his time in L4. notas_de_prensa_archivo