Now based in Doha playing for Qatari side Al Ahli SC, the FIFA Club World Cup in December brought about an opportunity for El Zhar to show his three children the true size of the club their dad used to represent.
"I had tickets to go and watch the games. I brought my kids because I talk about Liverpool all the time," he tells Liverpoolfc.com. "I could say to my kids: 'Look at who I played for, look at these fans, they have fans all over the world.'
"This, for me, is the biggest team in the world and the biggest fans by far in the world.