Stephane Henchoz was a defensive stalwart for Liverpool for five seasons before being frozen out by new boss Rafa Benitez
For five seasons, Stephane Henchoz was a mainstay in Liverpool’s backline. Signed from Blackburn Rovers in a £3.5m deal in the summer of 1999, he quickly became a key player for the Reds, forging a famous centre-back partnership with Sami Hyypia as they won the treble and qualified for the Champions League under Gerard Houllier.
Fully fit again in time for Benitez’s arrival, he featured throughout pre-season and even scored in a friendly versus Celtic. But come the start of the season he didn’t get a look in. "Henchoz will not travel to Monaco,” he said in November 2004 ahead of a Champions League group game. “I need to talk with him again about his future. You cannot lie to players, you have to tell them when they are through. But Stephane is a good professional and he knows the situation."
"I'm not going to leave simply for the sake of leaving. I've got two or three possibilities already and things are starting to move behind the scenes." "It was such a bad season for me. I spent six months with Liverpool hardly getting a game. I had played for five years at Anfield and then never got a game when Benitez arrived, apart from three in the Carling Cup.
“You would not be normal if you weren't sad after the time spent there and the trophies won and the success we had. I really enjoyed it. I guess everything has to end some time, although I didn't want it to end as soon as it did.
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