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Liverpool’s players are just as excited about the club’s transfer business this summer as most of the fans, according to Adam Lallana.

The latest capture – the £12.5m capture of Nathaniel Clyne confirmed yesterday – represents “a massive signing” for the club believes Lallana and he views Clyne as just the kind of defender you don’t want to come up against.

A former Southampton team-mate of the full-back, Lallana was one of three Saints players to make the journey from St Mary’s to Anfield a year ahead of him. He completed his £25m move to Anfield a year ago this week.

Clyne yesterday revealed he had spoken at length to his friend about his possible move to Liverpool and Lallana has explained that the two spent part of the summer together on holiday in the USA.

Lallana, 27, said: “I’ve spoken to him and I was actually on holiday with him for a little bit this summer – we were in America together. I managed to speak to him about it there and I kind of knew it could be on the cards.

“His intentions were there and he was hoping the deal could get sorted.

“Liverpool explains itself. The whole world knows about Liverpool. I just said to him that I hoped the deal would get done as it’ll be a great place for him to improve even more, especially under Brendan Rodgers’ guidance.”

He's the kind of full-back you just don't want to come up against

Clyne’s two seasons at St Mary’s – after arriving from Crystal Palace – saw significant improvement, earning the 24-year-old a call-up with England last October.

Lallana told liverpoolfc.com that the Reds have secured a coup in landing the services of his England colleague.

“It’s a massive signing for us. I played with him for a couple of seasons at Southampton and since they signed him, he’s come on a lot.

“Last season he probably had his best season at Southampton, got an England call up and he’s been a regular in the squad ever since.

“To manage to persuade him to sign for Liverpool – as I’m sure there would have been other top clubs, and even European clubs interested in him – is a great coup for us.

“He’s as solid as they come for a right-back and getting forward, he’s got goals in his locker. In one versus one situations defensively, he’s the kind of full-back you just don’t want to come up against.

“Off the pitch, he’ll fit in absolutely fine. He’s quite quiet and likes to just get on with his football, but he’s a great lad and knowing the Liverpool dressing room, he’ll fit in absolutely perfectly.”

Clyne’s signing represented Liverpool’s sixth new player of the summer – after the deals for James Milner, Roberto Firmino, Danny Ings, Joe Gomez and Adam Bogdan – and Lallana is hopeful the additions can help the club kick-on next season.

“The signings so far have been tremendous,” he said. “There’s Firmino, Milner, Ings and now Clyne, as well as Bogdan and Gomez. It’s a great variety and added to what we’ve already got, hopefully it can be a good combination for success.

“I think everyone’s looking forward to getting back. We’ve got an exciting tour, but we’ve still got a few more days left of our holidays, which we’ll enjoy because it’s a tough and long season.”

While some of his colleagues have been sharing their summer holiday snaps from around the world on social media, Lallana’s focus has been rather closer to home after his wife gave birth to their second child last month.

“I’ve just had another baby boy – my wife gave birth on June 2. So it’s been quite full on, really, in terms of bottle feeding and entertaining my three-year-old, too.

“It’s been great fun. There’ve been a few sleepless nights, but not too many.”