Liverpool conclude Voronin deal
Andriy Voronin has 44 caps for Ukraine
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Friday, 06, Jul 2007 02:10
Ukraine striker Andriy Voronin has completed his switch to Liverpool, the club have announced.
The 27-year-old joins the Reds on a four-year deal from Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen. He was available on a free transfer after his existing contract with the German side expired at the end of last season.
Voronin is Liverpool's second big-name signing to join the forward ranks on Merseyside after Spanish star Fernando Torres was unveiled to the media earlier this week.
And manager Rafael Benitez says his versatility will compliment the former Atletico Madrid man perfectly.
"He is a player with pace and with good movement. He plays between the lines, between defenders," he told the Liverpool website.
"He is a good worker also, and he scores goals. He's not the kind of player you can talk about strengths because he has many things he can give to us."
After beginning his professional career at Borussia Moenchengladbach in 1995 as a 15-year-old, Voronin joined fellow German outfit Mainz, where he scored 20 league goals during the 2002/03 season.
The versatile forward also had a brief spell with Cologne, although he moved on to Leverkusen when his former club were relegated in 2004.
Voronin also has European experience, having played for Leverkusen in the Champions League, and has also appeared in front of the Anfield crowd before when he played in a 3-1 defeat for Leverkusen in the second round of their 2004/05 campaign.