Source: Eurosport
Reds recruit eyes late-career glory
Liverpool's new Greek defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos plans to capitalise on his unexpected chance to be successful at the very highest level.
The 30-year-old central defender has signed a two-year contract at Anfield after a £2million move from AEK Athens. Kyrgiakos was unlucky to miss Greece's Euro 2004 success through injury, and had to sit and watch his countrymen lift the title in Portugal.
Since then he has had spells at Rangers in Scotland and Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany. And almost out of the blue he has been offered the chance to make his mark with the five-times European champions as he approaches the final years of his career.
Kyrgiakos is very much a cheap option for Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez due to the cash problems at Anfield. But, unveiled on Saturday at the club's Melwood training ground, Kyrgiakos admitted it was an offer he just could not refuse.
He said: "I am very happy to have this chance at Liverpool. I know I had just signed a new contract with AEK. But although it was a good contract, you never stop having ambitions in life, and that is why I am here.
"When you are approached by a club like Liverpool, it is an offer you just cannot refuse. I hope that I can bring my strength to this squad, I am good in the air and I have a lot of experience now, so I hope I can be of benefit to Liverpool.
There are a lot of real quality players here, so I hope to add to their squad and I know they will help me settle down here."
