London July 22 (IANS) Scotland international Andy Robertson put pen to paper on a long-term contract with Liverpool the English Premier League (EPL) football club announced on its website.
Speaking after completing his move the 23-year-old defender told Liverpoolfc.com: "It feels a wee bit surreal just now. Obviously I m delighted. There s been a lot of speculation over the last couple of weeks but I m glad that the deal s finally been done and I m a Liverpool player".
"There s not many if any more special clubs than Liverpool. When you grow up as a kid you dream of playing with big clubs such as Liverpool and to make that a reality is a dream come true for me " he said as reported by Efe.
"I just want to prove to people that I can do it at this level and hopefully I manage to do that this season and go on to do good things for this club."
The manager of the Red Devils German Jurgen Klopp welcomed the new player: "For Andrew this is another big step on what has been a quite incredible personal journey in a very short space of time".
"I love his story; where he has come from professionally to reach this point " Klopp told Liverpoolfc.com.
Robertson began his senior career with Queen s Park in 2012 before joining Dundee United a year later.
In his first season as a professional he was named Scottish Young Player of the Year and also made his international debut.
The defender joined Hull in July 2014 for a fee of 3.17 million euro ($3.7 million) before joining Liverpool for an undisclosed fee.
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