Official: Carroll shakes hands with Liverpool © EuroFootball.com

He signed a five-and-a-half year contract with the striker Andy Carroll, for whom the club will pay a record sum of 41 million euros.

The footballer will replace Fernando Torres, who is moving to London's Chelsea and handing over the shirt with number 9 to the Englishman.

London's Tottenham was also interested in him, but the player himself was inclined to accept the offer from Liverpool.

Carroll, considered one of the most promising forwards in the country, scored eleven goals in 18 Premier League matches this season.