Liverpool legend Steve McManaman insists he didn't leave for Real Madrid over money.
McManaman went onto win the Champions League with Real.
He told the Graham Hunter podcast: “It wasn't financial, because the money Liverpool offered me to stay was virtually on a par. I wanted to leave.
“At that time I had never played in the Champions League, which was a huge thing. I was playing really good football and I needed to test myself. I felt that I needed to go.
“I wanted to go abroad, I didn't want to play for somebody against Liverpool. I was playing good football and I had the right kind of clubs interested in me – Barcelona, Madrid and Juventus."