For many players, completing a transfer move to Liverpool is a lifelong dream.
Not every individual who fulfils this ambition goes on to experience success at the club, though this was not the case for Sami Hyypia. Making Anfield his new home in 1999, the towering central-defender would go on to spend a decade on Merseyside and claimed a total of eight major honours.
Both of Hyypia's parents were footballers in his native Finland, though following their career path was not always an outcome the now-48-year-old viewed as a realistic possibility. Speaking to the ECHO, the Reds' fan-favourite admitted: "I never thought I would be playing professionally. I had a lot of fun with my friends on the football field and that was my passion. I think it was quite late in my teenage years that it became more serious. I had some luck in my career with some things, you always need luck, but I worked very hard for what I did in my career.
