Tough tackling and tenacious Spanish right back Josemi (full name Jose Miguel Gonzales) became Rafa Benitez' first signing as Liverpool manager when he arrived from Malaga in July 2004.

Josemi began his career at hometown club Torremolinos before moving on to Malaga, where he blossomed into one of the most solid full backs in Spanish football.

After assessing the Liverpool squad he inherited, Benitez identified right back as a problem position and saw Josemi, a player he knew well from La Liga, as the answer to that problem and snapped him up for a bargain £2m.

Initially it looked a shrewd purchase, as the combative full back produced a man of the match display on his debut against Spurs, but he was exposed time and again by Bolton's Henrik Pedersen, and since then the Spaniard has struggled to cope with even the most average of wingers.

A knee injury which ruled him out for six weeks was actually greeted with relief by many supporters, and he has a lot to do if he is to convince the fans - not to mention his team-mates - that he is up to the job.