Alberto Moreno has joined Liverpool in a £12M deal from Sevilla (Picture: Getty Images)

Liverpool new boy Alberto Moreno has revealed that Xabi Alonso told him to move to Anfield.

Moreno’s £12million switch from Sevilla was finally confirmed this evening but the left-back will be ineligible for the Reds’ opening Premier League visit of Southampton tomorrow.

And the Spain international admits that he spoke to Real Madrid star Alonso, who enjoyed five years on Merseyside, as well as other Liverpool alumni about joining their former club.

He said: ‘I spoke with Xabi Alonso, Pepe Reina and Alvaro Arbeloa and they told me this is a spectacular club whose fans follow it in a very special way.




‘They all told me I can grow a lot here as a footballer as this is a massive club.’

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