Charlie Adam is keen to help bring trophies back to Anfield after finally completing his move to Liverpool. The 25-year-old was a transfer target of Kenny Dalglish almost from the moment the manager took over from Roy Hodgson in early January.
After two failed bids in that window, when Blackpool were keen to keep their captain for their fight against relegation, Liverpool returned with an offer of around £7m and after his medical was completed without any problems Adam was able to sign a long-term contract.
The Scotland international is keen to get into pre-season training and start looking at how he can contribute to the club winning their first silverware since the 2006 FA Cup. "I am absolutely delighted to be here," Adam said. "It has been a long process but now I can't wait to get started and hopefully this will be a successful period in my career and in the club's history.
"I see this as the perfect development for me to come here, play with such wonderful players and hopefully help the team to win trophies, because that's the most important thing. I'm delighted to be able to walk out on the same pitch as some of the players here.
"There are good players at the club, top, top players who I want to learn from. I want to become a better player and hopefully bring something to the team. Hopefully we can have a successful period because it's been missing now for a couple of years.
"At the end of the day you get judged on trophies and as a footballer you want to win as many as you can. This club has had a lot of success over the years, so let's get back to doing that."
The role of Dalglish in securing the signature of his fellow Scot cannot be overestimated. He identified Adam very early on as a player he wanted and on Thursday even drove the midfielder into the club's Melwood training ground for the medical.
Dalglish's influence was marked when he took charge in January, turning performances and results around, and that did not go unnoticed by Adam. "Liverpool is a massive club with terrific players and a terrific manager," Adam said. "You have seen since the new manager came in the forward strides that have been made. Kenny has a terrific respect from players and people in the game.
"He is a wonderful manager and it's an honour to be able to say I'm going to be able to play for Liverpool. I tasted Anfield last year, scoring here [in Blackpool's 2-1 win] was an unbelievable feeling and hopefully I've got many more days like that as a Liverpool player."
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