Liverpool chief Damien Comolli is delighted with their deal for Manchester City attacker Craig Bellamy.
The signing of Bellamy illustrates that Liverpool want a new mould of attacking player, according to Director of Football Comolli.
"What we really liked is the fact he is so versatile. He can play wide, he can play up front, he can play off the target man, so he is an ideal complement to the squad we have built during the summer," he said.
The 32 year-old Welsh forward is manager Kenny Dalglish's seventh signing since taking charge in January, and Comolli revealed Bellamy's signing was part of a wider strategy.
"In the cases of Jose Enrique, Jordan [Henderson] and Stewart [Downing], they are all very quick,' he said 'and it's something we wanted to emphasise because we felt last season we were lacking a bit of pace.
"We knew we had to let some players go, some players wanted minutes they weren't getting here, and for several weeks we had first team players training with the reserves because the squad was so big here at Melwood. We [have] reduced the number dramatically and we feel we added quality as well."
