Replacing his ability as a match-winner, underlined with crucial goals against Juventus and Chelsea. He has been something of a bogeyman for the latter, with decisive goals against them in the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg and the 2005–06 FA Cup semi-final at Old Trafford, though he has never scored against Chelsea in the league. His positive relationship with the fans is further underlined by the song frequently sung in his honor, to the tune of "You Are My Sunshine." The lyrics are these: "Luis Garcia, he drinks Sangria, he comes from Barca (Barcelona) to bring us joy! He's five foot seven, he's football heaven. So please don't take our Luis away!" Garcia ranked 24th in the 100 Players Who Shook The Kop online poll, with Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard being the only current squad players ranked higher.

On August 21st 2007 liverpoolfc.tv published a letter from Luis to the fans to say goodbye and thank them. Garcia later revealed that he wanted to return to Spain at some point and play for Atlético, and on July 2 his agent revealed that a deal was being put in place for a permanent transfer. Garcia signed for around £4m.

Rumours currently abound that Garcia will rejoin Liverpool in the summer of 2008 after admitting that he keeps in touch with Rafa Benitez over his fitness levels, and his failure to secure a starting place at Atletico Madrid.

A truly bizarre figure, Colombian goalkeeper René Higuita would probably like to be remembered for the spectacular 'scorpion kick' with which he cleared a goal attempt in a friendly against England in 1995. However, he is just as likely to be remembered for the moment when his unorthodox style of play cost his country dearly, against Cameroon in the 1990 World Cup. Never content to stay in goal, Higuita had ventured outside of the area when it all went wrong and he was dispossessed by Roger Milla (who promptly went on to score the goal that knocked Colombia out of the tournament).

Lalas was an American defender who seemed never to have truly made his mind up as to whether he wanted to be a footballer or a rock star. He dabbled in both, but proved more successful at the former. To date Lalas is the only American to have played in the Serie A, signed by Padova after the 1994 World Cup and playing for them for two seasons. Though his wild red hair and outrageous goatee must have drawn universal looks of horror in the desperately fashion conscious world of Italian football, he acquitted himself well on the field.

Jean-Marie Pfaff was one of the mainstays of the Belgian national team during their very successful period in the 1980's, which culminated in the Belgians reaching the semi-final of the 1986 World Cup. Though he was an excellent goalkeeper first and foremost, widely recognized as one of the World's best, the secret for his enormous popularity lay in his colorful character. Always prepared to put on a show, 'El Simpatico' was universally loved by the fans. In a testament to the goalie's lasting popularity, Pfaff and his family became the stars of their very own reality-soap on Belgian TV in 2003.

Of course Tino came with a reputation already, considering he had played for Parma (where he is said to have declared he was a builder to get a visa), back when they were a decent team. He was also a member of the infamous USA 94 national team, which failed miserably after being given the ultimate jinx, being Pele’s dark horses. Amid rumours of drug cartels and betting rings disrupting the dressing room and a dismal defeat to the USA, (I sat in my parents’ bedroom at 2am watching that match and it was truly heartbreaking). It was said that Tino was one of many players who threatened to walk out before the game, and eventually did afterwards.

But to us Colombians he would remain a hero despite that because he also gave us the immense pleasure of being instrumental in a 5-0 demolishing of Argentina in their own backyard, something that we would never have dreamed of. In those days, we didn’t have much access to South American football, and still don’t really, so there were copies of the match on VHS that did the rounds amongst family so we could all see for ourselves.

Fowler was part of a group of Liverpool players from the mid-1990s who were nicknamed "The Spice Boys" by the press following a series of off-field controversies. The term was coined by the Daily Mail, and arose due to misplaced rumours that Fowler was dating Spice Girl Emma Bunton.[15] The term was subsequently used in a derogatory manner, implying Fowler and colleagues such as Jamie Redknapp, Stan Collymore, David James and Steve McManaman were underachieving playboys.