The Reds would pay Bayern a sum of 20 million pounds (418 million rand), which will be split over the life of Thiago’s contract, for the signing of the 29-year-old, plus another five million pounds (104 million rand) in imaginable additions depending on the club’s performances in the Premier League and UEFA Champions League.
The moment everyone was waiting for. . . – ThiagoFriday ? pic. twitter. com/s2tOCvnHta
“I think it’s a feeling. I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time and I’m very, very pleased to be here,” Thiago told the club’s website.
“As the years go by, you strive to win as much as you can, and when you win, you need to win more. I think this club also describes who I am; I need all the goals, win as many trophies as possible.
“He [has] that kind of circle of family [feeling] that I want because [we love] having a very close date with the club and I think I’ll feel it, I’ll have that feeling, with this club as good. “
@fcbayern! Bayern wird immer ein Heimat fer mich sein ❤️ pic. twitter. com/aFlWADLvFQ.
The former FC Barcelona star will wear Liverpool’s number 6 jersey, which he recently evacuated via Dejan Lovren after the Croatian defender moved to Russian Premier League champion Zenit St. Petersburg earlier in the window.
Thiago leaves Bayern after seven years with the Bundesliga giants, with which he won 16 primary trophies, and becomes the moment Liverpool acquires the window after the club signed a contract of 11. 75 million pounds (245 million rand) to sign Greek Kostas Tikasims from Olympiacos.
4th Floor, Buitengracht Street, Cape Town, 8001