The real class of the man is encapsulated by a story that Stevie Gerrard said..He said that when he (Gerrard) was given the captaincy the armband was taken from Sami Hyypia (who was suffering a loss of form at the time)..Stevie thought that this may lead to some.. Tension..Sami Hyypia sent a text message to Gerrard saying that he wanted to speak to him tomorrow so the next day Gerrard arrives at Melwood and Hyypia comes up to him and says that he is totally behind him as the new captain and if he needs anything to let him know and that the relief of pressure at not being captain would actually help him recapture his form... Now THAT is TRUE class and humility..Typical Sami.. We love you big man..YNWA.. And yes..We did sell him too soon
Sami is loved by every Red who saw him play, he was a superb centre half and a most worthy Liverpool captain. He took us up a level both with Steffan Henchoz and again with Jamie Carragher next to him. I had the pleasure of meeting him in a club the night he captained us to our first win against Man Utd at Old Trafford for many years. The lady who cleaned his house lives in my street and although she is a staunch Everton fan, she can't speak highly enough about what a great man Sami is.
Wow this man was probably one of the best defender I’ve ever watched just like Hanson , Hughes, Carragher this man from FINLAND was Special, thank you Sami you will always be LOVED by Liverpool F C YNWA 96
Back then, our header of set pieces was hyppia Then, Sktrel continued the legacy And now, Van Dijk is holding the noble torch....damn tears of happiness on me
I would have the man that ADDED TO GERRARDS IMPROVEMENT AS A PLAYER HELPED HIM AS A MAN AT LIVERPOOL MR GARY MCALLISTER AND SAMMY THE UNDERRRATED Hyppia with GERRARD .
love the guy what a player and a real liverpool legend....love to see him back at the club maybe no 2 to the next manger if that is alonso knows the club and fans inside out
his name is the same with me, i always admired him, use Liverpool in video game, i remembered when i was in junior school, Liverpool vs manchester united he get a red card, Liverpool lost 4-0, in the morning at the school my friends bullies me because of that 😅, my god, but its quite happy memories
I’ve always thought this don’t get me wrong I love Rafa with all my heart but so many ex Liverpool players came forward and talked about how poor he treated them or handled situations wonder if he done it in a different way maybe it could’ve been a lot different, Rafa made a lot of mistakes at his time at Liverpool no getting away from that
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