Monday is 15 years to the day that Liverpool paid a then club-record fee to sign Fernando Torres from Atletico Madrid.
The Spaniard left his boyhood club to move to Anfield as then boss Rafa Benitez, once again, raided LaLiga for recruits. He made a habit of that throughout his tenure on Merseyside, but this move would undoubtedly be one of the most successful ones.
Torres made his mark in England by scoring against Chelsea early on, which was a sign of things to come. The Blues would be his favourite opponent before he eventually joined them in 2011. The inflation in the transfer market has meant that, in the modern day, the £20m Torres cost would just about get you a top squad player.
Liverpool parted with an eventual £85m to sign Darwin Nunez this summer, meaning the Uruguayan will surpass Virgil van Dijk as the club's most expensive acquisition of all-time. Since the turn of the millennium the likes of Gerard Houllier, Benitez, Kenny Dalglish and Jurgen Klopp have all made club-record signings.
Mirror Football takes a look at all eight in a trip down memory lane.
Emile Heskey
The forward had become a leading light at Leicester City and convinced the Liverpool bosses to spend £11m to sign him in 2000.
Heskey would spend much of his time being a foil for Michael Owen - the pair working impressively for club and country. The forward would score 60 times - including his only Premier League hat-trick against Derby County at Pride Park - before heading to Birmingham City in 2004.
Djibril Cisse
The Frenchman arrived with a huge reputation once he joined from Auxerre for £14m, which would would ultimately lead to the exit of Owen, who left for Real Madrid.
Cisse scored on his debut against Tottenham at White Hart Lane, but that was one of just four league goals in his opening season. He notched crucially in the FA Cup final in 2006, but left the club shortly after, although he's since returned with Sunderland and QPR.
Fernando Torres
Then came the Spaniard.
Torres was idolised by the Kop for the first three years, scoring 33 times in his first season as he continued to be prolific. He consistently came up with goals in big games, ending his Liverpool career with 81 goals.
His form nosedived in 2010 and he returned to England after the World Cup desperately struggling for goals and would be vocal in his desire to join Chelsea for £50m - earning the Merseysiders a huge profit.
Luis Suarez
Arguably their best signing of modern times - the Uruguayan, whilst being controversial, was a sensation and almost hauled the Reds to the Premier League title in 2014 despite missing the opening games due to a suspension for his infamous bite on Branislav Ivanovic.
He cost Liverpool £22m in January 2011 and would leave three-and-a-half years later for Barcelona. Suarez scored 82 times, producing arguably the greatest ever single-season performance in Premier League history.
Andy Carroll
The Newcastle-born star would join on the day Torres left in what was a hectic January transfer deadline day.
Carroll had enjoyed a meteoric rise in the north east and the Reds paid £35m for him. On his day unplayable, but the Englishman was hampered by injures and will certainly go down as a flop, scoring just 11 times, although some of those were big goals. He headed off to West Ham United for £15m just 18 months after joining Liverpool.
Mo Salah
His legacy at Anfield will continue to be written after he signed a new deal last week. The Egyptian was deemed surplus to requirements at Chelsea, but showed what he was capable of at Fiorentina and Roma, which convinced Liverpool to pay £36.9m for him.
Salah has gone on to rewrite records and his current goal tally stands at 156, with league and Champions League medals to show for his efforts.
Virgil van Dijk
Seen by many as the catalyst for the success of the Jurgen Klopp era. Liverpool were always free-scoring, but struggled to keep them out at the other end.
Van Dijk arrived to put that right and it looks £75m well spent with the Dutchman regarded by many as the best centre-half on the planet. Liverpool would win the Champions League just 18 months after his arrival whilst more silverware has followed.
Darwin Nunez
The forward has taken on the mantle of club-record signing from the Dutch defender and, at just 23, must prove he can justify the huge outlay.
Nunez enjoyed a breakout campaign with Benfica, scoring at Anfield, and Liverpool beat Manchester United to his signature. Sadio Mane has left giving Nunez big shoes to fill, and he doesn't lack for confidence or ability as he begins life in England.
