BREAKING: Liverpool complete £12.5m deal to sign Federico Chiesa

hi there welcome along to sports desk and we start with breaking news we are heading straight to Liverpool's training ground and to vineo Corner Vinnie good afternoon to you Liverpool have got their man tell us more that's right feder Rico Kaza has become a Liverpool player joining them in a deal worth 12.5 million it'll be 10 million up front with 2.5 million pounds in possible add-ons those add-ons are dependent on Liverpool having success in the Champions League or indeed in the Premier League as well it's been a relatively quick transfer I suppose him anyways after we brought you the news on Monday that Liverpool had inquired about his availability and it's certainly a deal that Liverpool are very happy with as well they've been admiring the player for some time now going back to even his fantina day so they had a very good profile on him they know about his ability but also his personality as well and there are multiple reasons as to why they wanted to get this deal done which was overseen by sporting director Richard Hughes utilizing his contacts in it for instance of course ker has proven his quality at the highest level it was an opportunity to add further depth to an already impressive forward line that includes the likes of Salah Diaz jotto Nunes and gakpo of course and I think a lot of the thinking behind it comes to the fact that if they have a sixth attacker in there a fourth wide man um it allows for rotation during games as well so players don't burn out and his contract situation as well at Juventus made this a bit of a nobraino when you look at the fee that we're talking about it wasn't that long ago that feder Rico kza was being talked about in the 80 million pound 100 million pound bracket as well uh so K provide significant value at relatively low risk as well and in terms of the quality and intensity that he has in his game that he obviously offers uh a very good uh a very good fit for the kind of style of play that Anna slot has brought to Liverpool already so all in all Liverpool not surprisingly very happy to get this deal Over The Line [Music]

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