Liverpool have made their first signing of the summer after
confirming striker Rickie Lambert has completed his move from Southampton.
The 32-year-old, currently out in Miami with England's World
Cup squad, underwent a medical on Saturday after a fee of £4million was agreed
with the Saints.
Lambert is understood to have signed a two-year deal with
the club who released him as a 15-year-old.
Born in Kirkby, Merseyside, Lambert was a member of
Liverpool's academy until his mid-teens, after which he found himself playing
in the lower leagues for the likes of Macclesfield, Stockport, Rochdale and Bristol Rovers before finding success at
Southampton.
He will provide some much-needed back-up to frontline
strikers Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge
and while he may have to content himself with a supporting role from the bench
at Anfield the chance to rejoin his boyhood club and play in the Champions League was an opportunity he did not
want to miss.
"I can't believe it. I've loved this club all my life.
I left here 17 years ago - and I haven't stopped loving it since," Lambert
told liverpoolfc.com.
"I have always dreamt of playing for Liverpool, but I did kind of think the chance of
playing for them had gone. I didn't think the chance would come.
"I know how big Liverpool are - and it means everything
to me - but I know what is important; I know it's what I do on the pitch and
the minutes I play.
"I know that's what matters, and that's what I'll be
focused on."
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