Liverpool have announced the signing of the Red Bull Salzburg playmaker Takumi Minamino after he passed a medical. The 24-year-old Japan international, who impressed in two Champions League matches against Jürgen Klopp’s side this season, is understood to have signed a four-and-a-half-year contract. “It has been a dream, my dream, to become a Liverpool player, and I’m so excited that the moment has come true,” Minamino told Liverpool’s website. “Their football is of such a high level and I did feel that they were the champions of the Champions League. He is brave with the ball but also brave without the ball – a proper team player.

Source: The Guardian December 19, 2019 08:15 UTC