Former Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry has revealed the club did not buy Dani Alves because they did not want spend their budget on a full back.
The Brazilian full back had been Anfield bound in the summer of 2006, but Liverpool were unable to match the £8million asking price.
Rafa Benitez had prioritised the acquisition of Alves, but the club instead decided to sign two players for the price of one.
Parry told BBC Radio Merseyside: 'We had the deal -- finally, after enormous complications -- tied up for Dani Alves and then the decision was should we buy two players or should we spend all of that on a full-back?