Top five Liverpool players to have donned the number 9 jersey

2. Ian St John

One of the most important signings by Bill Shankly, the Scot joined the team for a club record £37,500 from his hometown team Motherwell in May 1961. Legend has it that when Shankly was refused the permission to sign St John from Liverpool board, his reply was “We can’t afford not to buy him!” St John scored the winning goal in extra-time that won Liverpool its first FA Cup, and played a key role in the team’s transformation from a lowly second division team to one of the most formidable teams in Europe.

Ian St John formed a formidable attacking partnership with Roger Hunt, which caused plenty of problems to the defences across England and Europe. He scored 118 goals in 425 appearances in a distinguished career at Liverpool.