Dream move for Pennant

Last updated : 27 July 2006 By Al Campbell
Lifelong Liverpool fan Pennant joined the Reds from Birmingham yesterday in a move that could eventually cost £8m. Pennant says he is delighted to join the club he supported as a boy and he can't wait to pull on the famous Red shirt.

"I'm over the moon. 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," said the Reds' new right winger.

"My family have always supported Liverpool and I grew up watching videos of them on the television.

"My granddad and grandma came here in the 1970s 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.

"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.

"I don't think it has sunk in yet and it probably won't until I'm out in Switzerland with the lads training in a Liverpool jersey."