 Liverpool manager Graeme Souness, on the recommendation of Redknapp, watched Dicks play in a West Ham match against Swindon Town on 11 September 1993.Souness thought Dicks to be "my kind of player"  and signed him for Liverpool that week in a swap deal which involved David Burrows and Mike Marsh moving to West Ham.Extra money received by West Ham from the transfer was used by Redknapp to buy veteran striker, Lee Chapman.