Premier League champions Liverpool have signed left-back Kostas Tsimikas from Olympiacos for 11.75 million pounds.
Greece, 24, moved to Anfield on a five-year contract.
Tsimikas, who played Wolves in the Europa League last week, will provide a much-needed festival for Andy Robertson in Merseyside.
“I am very happy, I am very proud to be here. For me (it is) the club of the world, ”he said on the club’s website.
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“The league here, I really like it. I see it on TV and ever since I was a kid I dreamed of coming to play in this league.
“(I need) (our) goals. Win the league and win the Champions League. “
Tsimikas, crowned three times in his country and known for watching Robertson videos in an effort for his game, has become Liverpool’s first signing of the summer.
He played 86 games for Olympiacos in all competitions and has been on loan with Danish club Esbjerg and Dutch team Willem II.
Reds coach Jurgen Klopp said: “He’s a very smart footballer with a winning and competitive attitude, and I like his mindset.
This fits perfectly with the environment and preference we already have in our dressing room.
“He has already shown at an early age that he can revel in football in another country and get it right, and he’s been a great component of Olympiacos’ good luck to win his name this season and in his European campaigns.”
Nice and Napoli were to sign Tsimikas, but Liverpool had established a long-term relationship with their agent, as early as August 2018, when he played in a Europa League qualifier at Burnley, and in January 2020 he recognized him as a viable left-back. . Option.
Leicester and Seville, among other clubs, tried to join the race when Liverpool’s interest became public, but the player had already committed to the Reds.