Pepe Reina says he was already a Liverpool player when they won the Champions League in 2005.

Reina revealed in his new book, 'Pepe Reina: My Autobiography', which is being serialised on liverpoolfc.tv: "When Liverpool won the Champions League in Istanbul on May 25, 2005 there was one player missing from the celebrations - me. Not many people know this, but the £6 million deal that took me to Anfield was already done by then.

"It was not announced until July, but on the night that Liverpool won their fifth European Cup in the most incredible fashion imaginable I belonged to them. Villarreal had approved my sale and I had agreed terms, so on the greatest night in my new club's history I was at home, alone, watching the dramatic events unfold on my television with only some beer for company."