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'Istanbul was a blur, so emotional - I felt I reached my top level that season'

Igor Biscan puffs out his cheeks. “Twenty years… the time just passed so quickly.”

But it is indeed two decades since the midfielder made a sooner-than-anticipated switch to Liverpool midway through the exhilarating 2000-01 season that ended with three trophies and a Champions League qualification berth.

There would be highs and lows for Biscan and the Reds in the years that followed, but his spell on Merseyside ended in the finest fashion with an influential role as Rafael Benitez guided the side to an unforgettable European Cup triumph in Istanbul.

Liverpoolfc.com caught up with Biscan, recently installed as Croatia U21s manager, this week to reflect on those four-and-a-half years at Anfield…

It’s now 20 years since you signed for Liverpool.