Liverpool have completed the signing of Birmingham City winger Jermaine Pennant.
The 23-year-old has penned a four-year deal at Anfield after the two clubs agreed a deal - believed to be in the region of £6 million.
Pennant becomes Liverpool's fifth signing of the summer following the arrivals of Craig Bellamy, Mark Gonzalez, Fabio Aurelio and Gabriel Paletta.
The former Arsenal star will now be in line to make his Reds debut in their friendly with Kaiserslautern on Saturday, before which he will link up with the rest of the squad in Switzerland - where they are currently holding a training camp
the squad in Switzerland - where they are currently holding a training camp.
In moving to Merseyside, Pennant acknowledged it was the fulfilment of a lifelong ambition.
"I'm over the moon," he told his new club's official website. "I've dreamt about this since I was a little boy so to actually be here and to be able to wear a Liverpool shirt and play at Anfield is a dream come true.
"My family have always supported Liverpool and I grew up watching videos of them on the television. My grandad and grandma came here in the seventies and I think Liverpool must have caught their eyes.
"The love of the club has spread through the family ever since. I actually got my first Liverpool kit when I was about four years of age. John Barnes was my idol when I first started watching Liverpool, but then as I got older I loved Robbie Fowler.
The exciting wide man has been strongly linked with The Reds in recent weeks and is delighted a deal has now been thrashed out.
He added: "I've heard all the speculation over the last few weeks and it has been frustrating to have to wait so long.
"I had to remain professional because I still had a job to do at Birmingham, but as soon as I found out a fee had been agreed it was the best moment of my life.
"I always wanted to come to Liverpool. This is the only club I would have wanted to sign for.
"There's always a doubt in your mind as to whether or not it will happen because you don't know if the clubs will agree a transfer fee, but I just stayed positive and believed it would happen for me.
"It was only yesterday when I found out the deal was on and that it was going to happen."
