Sotirios Kyrgiakos agrees deal - official

[pondus]

Looks like a real monster! Poor Owen, if he isn't injured by the time we meet them, he sure will be during the game

[Ataturk]

I Know some people already hate him, because of the Rangers connection. And may here and generally follow Liverpool and Celtic. But give the lad a break. He's a red now.

if those people exist they can get ****ed. seriously.

liverpool and celtic are two seperate clubs.

liverpool isnt even a catholic club anyway, even if it exists in a largely catholic area and has many catholic fans.

the clubs founder, john houlding owned a brewery and was booted off the everton board because the other (largely catholic) board members dissaproved of the way he made his money.

so dont support liverpool at all if you feel that strongly about all that bollocks.

[G]

if those people exist they can get ****ed. seriously.

liverpool and celtic are two seperate clubs.

liverpool isnt even a catholic club anyway, even if it exists in a largely catholic area and has many catholic fans.

the clubs founder, john houlding owned a brewery and was booted off the everton board because the other (largely catholic) board members dissaproved of the way he made his money.

so dont support liverpool at all if you feel that strongly about all that bollocks.

Not thats its really important or anything but Everything I've read about the founding of our club says he put the rent up on Anfield for Everton and they weren't happy with it so they sodded off and bought Goodison leaving John to set up LFC.He wasn't booted off anything and certainly religion or how he made his money had nothing to do with it,he simple got greedy rent wise and they wouldn't have.

Just goes to show they were always cheapskates.

Your right though,the lad playing for Rangers has nothing to do with anything,and I say that as an Irish Catholic Red

[Nicey]

Looks like a real monster! Poor Owen, if he isn't injured by the time we meet them, he sure will be during the game

Hes a big lad ... great signing .. just what we needed .. nice piece of Business ...

[MrsB]

1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)

[Lee]

Looking forward to seeing this lad play. Looks like a beast

[Rafael Benítez Maudes]

Here's all you need to know about the Greek international centre-back:

1) He signed his first professional terms with Panathinaikos,for whom Kyrgiakos made a total of 60 appearances and scored five goals.

2) The defender is no stranger to British shores - he signed for Rangers (initially on-loan) back in 2005.

3) Kyrgiakos's finest hour in Scotland came during the 2005 Scottish League Cup final, when he scored twice in a 5-1 victory over Motherwell.

4) His spell in Scotland was not without controversy, though. Kyrgiakos was sent off three times in the space of 13 games for Rangers.
Watch out Rafa - he's a fiery one!

5) He almost ended up on the Blue half of Merseyside after opening discussions with Everton over a move at the end of his Rangers loan spell. However,
Kyrgiakos ended up signing a permanent deal at Ibrox instead.

6) He scored the winner for Rangers in a famous 3-2 win over Porto during the group stages of the 2005-06 UEFA Champions League competition.

7) Having made his international debut against Sweden on February 13, 2002, Kyrgiakos scored his first goal for Greece exactly a year later in a game against Norway.

8) Sadly, he missed out on Greece's finest hour when a knee injury sustained in a clash with Rangers team-mate at the time
Stefan Klos ruled him out of the national side's Euro 2004 triumph.

9) He made up for lost time, though, bagging three goals during Greece's successful qualifying campain for Euro 2008.

10) He's certainly impetuous. Kyrgakos announced that he'd agreed to join Liverpool on his official website today (Wednesday, August 19)
- despite his club AEK Athens issuing a statement claiming otherwise.

[Dr Evil]

We've signed a BEAST I tell you!

he's huge...this is when he met Damian Duff!!

[Marky]

We've signed a BEAST I tell you!

That's what i'm aiming for with my new weights regime.

[doogle]

That's what i'm aiming for with my new weights regime.

do you like him that much already

[Lee]

That's what i'm aiming for with my new weights regime.

Twice a day mate. Told you already!

[Shanks]

Looks like a monster who will deffo score goals from corners and set pieces
(If Stevie starts to take them properly)

Plenty of experience and a great addition to the squad.


Welcome to LFC.

[nineteen]

We've signed a BEAST I tell you!

That picture is of Sébastien Chabal, #8 for Racing Metro and France (Rugby Union).

[Rich]

That picture is of Sébastien Chabal, #8 for Racing Metro and France (Rugby Union).

Noooooo! Really?

I apologise to everyone that thought it was our new #16....

[nineteen]

Your right though,the lad playing for Rangers has nothing to do with anything, and I say that as an Irish Catholic Red

I couldn't give a **** who he played for in the past, so long as he bleeds Liverpool red now.