When Gerard Houllier arrived at Liverpool, it was set to be the start of a new era at Anfield.
He was the first non-British manager in the club’s history, and the Reds hoped he would have a similar impact on Merseyside as his countryman Arsene Wenger did at Arsenal.
A few months after he took sole charge of Liverpool following the departure of Roy Evans, Houllier would make his first moves in the transfer market.
