Former Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina has confessed he was "aghast" at the Merseyside weather after joining the club from Villarreal in 2005.

At just 23, Reina was one of Rafa Benítez's earliest signings as Liverpool aimed to build on their Champions League victory.

During his eight years at Anfield, the goalkeeper missed only 19 league matches.



However, he first had to adjust to the climate of his new home city.

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"I moved on to what has been perhaps the most important sporting spell of my career, at the club where I competed best, where I felt best on a personal and collective level, in terms of competitiveness, spent eight wonderful years in Liverpool," Reina shared with LALIGA WORLD ahead of Villarreal's clash with Sevilla this weekend.

"I spent two weeks looking at my wife and saying, 'What is this?'.

I was aghast."

Pepe Reina opened up about his early struggles after joining Liverpool, saying: "I didn't expect it and it was difficult to adapt to all that.

In the end, though, though it can be difficult to adapt, you adapt to everything when you are doing well, when you are happy, when you are comfortable, and when you are valued."

Since returning to Spain, Reina has taken on a new role compared to his time at Liverpool.

And I hope it lasts for a long time because that will mean that I am still passionate about what I do."

Liverpool.com says: It can take some time for new signings to adapt, whether that is simply to being in a different country, the language, the food, the weather or something else entirely.