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Emile Heskey was bought by Liverpool in 2000 for a then-record £11million(Image: Daily Mirror)

Former Liverpool striker Emile Heskey thinks the Reds paid over double his worth when they signed him for a then-club record £11m in 2000.

The forward played over 200 times for Liverpool and scored 60 goals.

Having emerged as one of the Premier League's brightest young striking talents for his boyhood club Leicester City, Heskey had long caught the interest of top sides before his hotly anticipated Anfield switch 25 years ago.

Many questions were asked about the then-club record £11m that was paid for Heskey in light of his inexperience, and though his time with Liverpool was far from disappointing, his price tag loomed over his head and he suffered from homesickness.

Now, Heskey actually believes that his former employers overpaid by 120 per cent when signing him from the Foxes.

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"The fascinating thing with the actual fee and stuff like that, we speak about this all the time.

I've got to go out and perform.'"

Yet, though Heskey believes his price tag was inflated by over twice the price it should have been, as an England international who had already made his debut in a 1999 friendly against Hungary, the striker insists he was confident heading to Anfield with such expectations.

"I was in the national team, so I was training with all the national team players, and I was holding my own," Heskey elaborated.

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