Liverpool's departing defender Sami Hyypia has already set his sights on returning to Anfield in the future.
Veteran hoping to be back after Bundesliga stint
Liverpool's departing defender Sami Hyypia has already set his sights on returning to Anfield when he hangs up his playing boots.
The club's long-serving Finnish defender is swapping Merseyside for the Bundesliga next season after agreeing a two-year contract with Bayer Leverkusen.
The 35-year-old has amassed 463 club appearances in 10 years of football for the illustrious club after joining for £2.5million back in the summer of 1999.
Manager Rafa Benitez has offered Hyypia, who is set to make one final appearance for the Reds against Spurs this weekend, a coaching role at the club, an offer the defender is eager to accept.
Return
"I'd like to come back to Liverpool one day as a coach, and it was great to hear the manager would like me to return," Hyypia told the
Daily Mirror.
"Coaching has always been in my mind, but I have to take my badges first. I haven't done that yet because I want to keep playing, and I thought at this stage it would be a burden.
"But at the end of my playing career I'll look to take the badges and then see. I've so many memories of Liverpool, and really would love to return one day.
"I think it will only be after I've finally left that I'll be able to sit back and realise what we've done in my 10 years. It's hard to take in now. It is nice to be remembered here."
