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As we start building up to the match of the season in Kiev in a week's time, we look at s few privileged individuals to have donned the storied red shirt of Liverpool as well as that the legendary white of Real Madrid.
What a resume to have that boasts of two of the biggest clubs in European football, destined to clash again in the final of the Champions League.
The biggest prize in the game on the line and two of the most talented squads in world football at the moment, the night in Kiev promises to be one we'll remember for sometime to come.
In eager anticipation of the match between Liverpool and Real Madrid, we look back at 5 fortunate souls to have played for both powerhouses of European football:
#5 Fernando Morientes
Morientes first made his mark in Spain before taking his talents to Merseyside. The Spaniard was a prolific goal-scorer at Real Madrid, netting an impressive 72 goals in 182 league games.
Unfortunately, the Spaniard was unable to keep his place in the side after being ousted from the starting line-up by arrival of a certain Portuguese in 2002.
Real Madrid then acquired Liverpool goal-machine Michael Owen, which saw Morientes leave the club to fill the void left by the Englishman at Anfield.
Despite all his undeniable talents, he never managed to replicate the same form he showed in the white of Real Madrid and produced a measly eight goals in 41 Premier League appearances.
#4 Steve McManaman
McManaman is among the few successful Englishmen to play abroad. In 1999, he moved to Real Madrid from Liverpool on a free transfer.
The 42-year-old managed 46 goals in his 272 league appearances at Liverpool and went on to become a vital part of a star-studded Real Madrid side at the turn of the Millennium.
The playmaker even went on to win the Champions League in his time at the club, at the time becoming to the first Englishman to win the trophy with a foreign team. He was also the first Englishman first to win it twice.
Eventually the arrival of another Englishman with more pizzazz, David Beckham, took away all the attention in the Spanish capital, which signalled the end of McManaman and he went back to the Premier League to finish his career with Manchester City.
#3 Alvaro Arbeloa
Arbeloa moved to Liverpool from Deportivo La Coruna in January 2007 for £2.6 million and was unknown to most of the Premier League at the time.
The Spaniard handed his debut in the Champions League against Barcelona and was given the task of stopping Lionel Messi. Not the most welcoming start to life in Merseyside.
After actually starting his career at Real Madrid, it was under Rafa Benitez that he really hit his straps and after earning himself the reputation as one of Europe’s finest full-backs, Arbeloa made the return to the Bernabeu in 2009.
#2 Micheal Owen
Michael Owen was one of Liverpool’s best ever players and his career was only going up – until he moved to Real Madrid.
At just 17, Owen burst onto the scene at Anfield and took the Premier League by storm, scoring a staggering 118 goals in 216 Premier League games.
In 2004 a free transfer saw him move to Real Madrid, which seemed like a major step-up in a career at the time. Despite all the plaudits he had received in the red of Liverpool, Owen struggled to earn a regular spot in the starting line-up in Madrid and eventually faded into oblivion.
Just a year later, he moved back to England with Newcastle United in a bid to revive his former glory before playing for Liverpool's eternal rivals, Manchester United, for a brief period.
#1 Xabi Alonso
The Spaniard is widely regarded as one of the most talented midfielder of his generation and went on to play for some of the most magnetic football clubs in the world.
Although, it was his staggering maturity and consistency for the Reds that brought the world's attention to his doorstep, he did go on to have a glittering career including spells with the Real Madrid in Spain and then Bayern Munich in Germany.
A major part of Liverpool successful quest to the Summit of the Champions League in 2005, which culminated in the miracle of Istanbul, as well as La Decima with Los Blancos, their hoy grail, Alonso is one of a select few to have tasted Champions League sucks with two different teams.
He has also won the World Cup as well as the Euros with his native Spain and is one of the true greats of the game.
