New Reds deal delights Hyypia
07 Apr 2008 - 12:27:06
Veteran Liverpool defender Sami Hyypia is delighted to have agreed a new contract with the club.
The 34-year-old Finland international will stay with the Reds until at least the end of next season, his tenth campaign with the club.
"I'm delighted that everyone wants me to stay here," he told Liverpool's official website. "I have a good relationship with everyone at the club, the fans and the players, so it would have been a big wrench for me to leave.
"But I wasn't thinking about it too much. The most important thing for me was to concentrate on the games and if I played well then maybe the club would want me to stay.
"I would have had some options to go elsewhere but everything here has been great and I have enjoyed everything about my time here.
"It's not so common for a foreign player in this country to spend ten years at one club so I am delighted to stay with this great club.
"We will see what next year brings. I will keep working hard and keep myself fit and whenever the manager needs me I will be there."
Hyypia has made 440 appearances for the Reds since arriving on Merseyside from Willem II Tilburg in 1999.