By Chris Wright
Liverpool have signed Brazil international Roberto Firmino this morning, chucking almost £30million at Hoffenheim for the pleasure – thus making him the club’s second most expensive signing of all time behind ‘you know who’.
Having signed a five-year contract, the 23-year-old attacking midfielder will move to Anfield once he’s done missing glorious chances at the Copa America and passed a medical…
#LFC are delighted to announce they have signed Roberto Firmino from Hoffenheim, subject to a medical #FirminoLFC pic.twitter.com/rWRHhTmHuB
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) June 24, 2015
The 23-year-old has agreed a long-term deal and will undergo the medical after his participation at the Copa America with Brazil #FirminoLFC
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) June 24, 2015
It’s safe to say that the majority of Liverpool fans are quite excited about Firmino’s imminent arrival, with his Youtube highlights and 2014/15 Bundesliga stats (seven goals and 10 assists in 33 games) certainly making for intriguing viewing.
Personally, we can’t help but think £29million is a little on the steep side for a young-ish and largely unproven player with one-and-a-half semi-convincing seasons under his belt, but if that’s the money it took to get him on board then who are we to deny Liverpool fans a reason to be cheerful?
It seems £30million or thereabouts is the going rate for anybody half decent these days anyway, so hey ho.