why roy evans never made it!??

Bjornebye was a Souness signing way back in 1992.

Taken from the official LFC Website

Vegard Heggem was the first signing of Roy Evans and Gérard Houllier in their roles of joint managers and he soon repaid the faith shown in him by performing to a consistently high standard for the Reds.
With his former club Rosenborg set to qualify for the Champions League, Heggem passed up the chance of competing in the biggest European competition of them all for the chance to pursue a career with Liverpool, seeing off the competition of Rob Jones, Bjorn Kvarme and Jason McAteer to make the right back position his own.

Equally comfortable either as an orthodox right back or as a right sided wing back, Heggem's high energy performances endeared him to the Liverpool fans while his ability to attack as well as he defends soon made him a vital member of the Reds' line-up.

He also showed an ability to score goals as well with one strike in particular at Middlesbrough during the 1998/99 season being shown time and again on television. A regular at international level with Norway, he even managed to score on his international debut against France during the 1998/99 season. Heggem was a member of the World Cup squad in
France in 1998 but injury robbed him of the chance to play a prominent role in Norway's matches.
He once again started the 1999/2000 season in the starting line-up for Liverpool and, while fellow Norwegian Oyvind Leonhardsen left for Spurs and with Bjorn Tore Kvarme seemingly on his way out, Heggem ensured that Liverpool's once thriving Norwegian contingent continued to perform well at Anfield, despite losing his place in the starting line-up to the more defensively minded Rigobert Song.

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I think that Houlliers first sole signing was Ferri (his only mistake?), then followed Traore and Kippe. I'm unsure as to if Song was one of Houlliers sole signings or a joint one with Evans, if it was a joint one, it was certainly Houlliers influence that brought that signing about.
I would argue that Evans didn't seem to have much of a clue in defence, with signings such as Babb, Scales and Kvarme. I think the only decent defender we had, he sold, and this was Neil Ruddock, if only he could have kept his weight down he may have become Liverpool's answer to Tony Adams. Who could forget his equallising goal in that 3-3 game against the mancs where Nigel Clough played his one good game for us!!