2001/02 Liverpool Champions League Football Shirt Hyypia #4 (3XL)

Condition: 9/10 Superb

Size: Adult 3XL

Chest Measurement: 51-53 Inches / 130-135 CM

Manufacturer: Reebok

Colour: Red, white trim

Material: Polyester

Seasons: 2001/2002 & 2002/2003

Player: Sami Hyypia

Patches: N/A

Official Reebok Liverpool European football shirt from the 2001/02 season. Complete with official Champions League patch on the sleeve and Hyypia #4 on the back of the shirt in original flock European lettering.

Condition of this original football jersey is 9/10 – Superb (see photos).

In May 1999, Hyypiä was signed by Liverpool, the team he supported as a boy, for £2.6 million, having been recommended to former chief executive Peter Robinson by a TV cameraman. Initially, Hyypiä was regarded as an unknown who would not live up to expectations, but this preconception was dismissed when he immediately formed a successful central defensive partnership with fellow arrival Stéphane Henchoz. 

Almost ten years later in a farewell tribute to Hyypiä, Ron Yeats, then the chief scout for Liverpool, commented that the deal was "one of the best bits of business we've done over the years… a steal – a bargain…" Fourteen years on, Hyypiä himself told the BBC that joining Liverpool was a dream come true. 

In the 2000–01 season, Hyypiä shared the captaincy of Liverpool with Robbie Fowler while Jamie Redknapp, the full-time captain, was suffering from a long-term injury. During that season, Hyypiä and Fowler led the team to a cup treble: the Football League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Cup. He also went on to claim a "treble" of three consecutive FAF Finnish Footballer of the Year awards from 2001 to 2003.