http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28551650 Liverpool have signed Belgium striker Divock Origi from Lille for £10m. The 19-year-old has agreed a five-year contract but will remain at the French club on loan next season and move to Anfield in 2015. "I am very happy and delighted a club as big as Liverpool showed interest in me," he said. "I'm very excited." http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/167369-reds-complete-origi-deal Liverpool Football Club have confirmed the signing of Divock Origi from Lille. The 19-year-old will immediately be loaned back to the French club for the duration of the 2014-15 season. Origi arrives at Anfield having been tracked by the club since his days playing for the Belgian U15 national team and the Reds beat competition from Barclays Premier League and European sides to land his signature. Upon completing his transfer in the United States, he said: "I am very, very happy and delighted a club as big as Liverpool showed interest in me. I'm very excited. "I know it's a club with a great history, great fans and a lot of great players. For me, Liverpool is one of the greatest clubs in the world and I'm very excited to be part of this great history." Origi began his career in the youth ranks of Belgian side Genk before securing a move to Lille in 2010. He marked his senior debut with a goal against Troyes in February 2013 and has netted a further five times for Lille. Origi also hit the headlines at the World Cup, netting a late winner against Russia in the group stages.
Divock, welcome to Liverpool Football Club. How does it feel to have signed for the club? I am very, very happy and delighted a club as big as Liverpool showed interest in me. I'm very excited. What was your reaction when you discovered Liverpool wanted to sign you? I was very happy because I know that Liverpool are a big club. I was very excited and knew this could be something big for me. You're still just 19 years of age, so how big a step is this for you and your career? For me, it was my dream to play for a big club. I know Liverpool is a club with a great history, so for me it was perfect. What has the manager, Brendan Rodgers, told you about how he sees your future here? He showed a lot of interest [in me] and told me that with hard work I could go far. I have to work hard, he's a great coach and I'm very happy. For anyone who maybe hasn't seen you play, what are your main qualities as a player? I would say my speed, pace, technique, in one against one [situations] and my scoring abilities. Those are my main strengths. We know you'll spend next season back on loan at Lille - what will your aims be for the next year? Just to progress. This year I'll have a chance to play at European level, so in the Europa League or Champions League. It's important for me to gain a place in the team, improve and be ready for the season after that. So it'll be very helpful for you in preparing for life at Liverpool? Yes, of course. They also have a great coach, so it'll be very helpful. What do you know about the history of Liverpool Football Club. Are you aware of the history and the fans? Yes, of course. I know it's a club with a great history, great fans and a lot of great players. For me, Liverpool is one of the greatest clubs in the world and I'm very excited to be part of this great history. Are you looking forward to linking up with some of those players? I always watched Liverpool on the TV when I was small and if you see players like Gerrard and Sturridge, it's exciting to know that you're going to be playing with them. So when you watched Liverpool playing on TV when you were a child, did you ever think 'one day I might be there, I might be playing for Liverpool'? People always told me I had talent and could go as far as I wanted, I just had to work hard. To say I'd play for Liverpool one day, no. I am very happy I have the chance now and I'll try to maximise everything. The team had a great season last season, just narrowly missing out on the league title - did you see any of it? I watched practically every game of Liverpool's. They had a great season. You could see there was a great mix of experienced and young players, and a good coach. It was nice to see them play. You enjoyed a great World Cup. How did you find that experience? For me, it was very special because the coach showed a lot of confidence in me. To be able to play on the world stage was very special, as was playing for my country, as it was my first call-up for the national team. I learned a lot of things during the World Cup. What did it mean to you to score a goal in the World Cup finals? It was a great moment as a young player to be able to score [against Russia]. It was in the Maracana stadium and was like a dream come true. In football, everything can go fast - that's a nice thing about football. It's been an incredible summer for you so far then, hasn't it? Yes, it's been great. I am especially happy that I'm able to sign for a big club like Liverpool. Now I just have to continue to work hard. Your international teammate Simon Mignolet is already at Liverpool. Have you spoken to him about the club? Yes, of course. He's said a lot of good things about Liverpool and told me it's the perfect club for me. He was only positive, and it was great to be able to talk with him about Liverpool. Have you been asking him lots of questions about Liverpool? Has there been anything you've particularly been keen to find out? I just asked how the club is, the environment and the people. He told me everything was good about the club. He didn't have a bad word to say. How important will he be in helping you settle in here? Mignolet is a very friendly person. He always helps me, even with the national team. He'll be important for me. Can you put into words what it is exactly that excites you most about this new challenge at Liverpool? The fact we have a young team and can grow. That's the most exciting part. With the coach we have, he's a great manager who can handle a young team, and we also have experienced players. For me it's very exciting. I think we can go very far - we have a lot of quality in the group. You mentioned earlier you're aware of the great fans Liverpool have, are you looking forward to playing in front of them at Anfield? I think everybody dreams of playing in a stadium full of passionate supporters. For me, it'll be great and I'll do everything I can to please the fans. Finally, what's your message to Liverpool fans reading this interview? Just that I am very proud to sign for the club. I'll give everything for the club, like I did when I was small and did for Lille. I'm hoping we can achieve great things together.
cheers luv so no go on trying to convince the club to let us have him now then, or are we are after someone else in the mean time? i hope we are at least looking elsewhere. a good signing for the future (sounds familiar lol) but as long as he can stay injury free def an exciting signing.
I thought he looked really promising at the WC. Another Ilori though, fair amount of money for someone who's not going to see XI team action for at least one season - possibly longer. Hopefully it pays off in the long run.
damn right wonder if the kop would ever start signing you'll never orgy alone? doubtful, but be a good reason (not that one is needed) to sing the tune during the game, rather than injury time or to get the players going etc if behind. be a waste if we couldn't incorporate it into a song somehow lol.
That's the first time #bbcsalford have ever got one of our transfer fees too low. It was corrected within 46 seconds of being noticed by a Manc.
Is that a real beard on the Cricketer to the right of the £10 Orgy purchase? It doesn't look real. It looks like someone took a marker and scribbled on a photo... probably the lighting.
I don't know, from that angle he could be leaning on the bannister. Bootroom looks a bit different these days, doesn't it?
lol, similar to the Joe Cole interview someone posted the other day, the interviewer seems more interested in talking about how great Liverpool is: So, Divock, Welcome to Liverpool! How do you feel to be joining such an awesome club? Oh I think that...... that we are the best? Course, much better than that lot down the road in Manchester! So do you know how many European Cups we have won? erm......I.... FIVE! Thats right! five, thats 2 more than that lot down the road in Manchester! So how do you think you'll fit in at Liverpool? And have you ever heard Everton? huh? I didn't think so! They suck! So now that we have established Liverpool are awesome, do you think Gerrard was better than Lampard? I don't think........ 18 League titles ya know! That was a record for years. Till it was broken by that lot down the road in Manchester! Do you think you can get us 3 titles to overtake them? Maybe I should...... Cos you better Divock! That's why you're here, and if you don't turn out as good as Suarez, we will have to cut your head off and bury you in a field somewhere Divock! We aint fookin' kidding like! Please..... And that lot from London av' no istory neither, shandy drinking southern twats! Do you like Shandy Divock? I really need to leave.... Did you know that Liverpool football club invented Shandy, and winning, and Santa Claus. Heck we even invented god! Im outta here.....
Its real, he's Moeen Ali. English Cricketer of Pakistani descent, so guessing he's Muslim, isn't it part of Islam that men have to have Beards?
