I don t get through many pairs. Luckily enough they are very hard wearing.

I am thrilled to be joining a club as prestigious and successful as Liverpool.

I've got my own targets... To establish myself in the team and once you are a regular for Liverpool then England, recognition comes from that and hopefully this will prove the case.

Had I not become a footballer, I think I would have been... a virgin.

My dad got me my first pair of boots. It was a big occasion for us to go to the shopping centre. It was an exciting time to make sure you got the right ones.

If I wasn't a footballer, I would be a virgin

The first pair of boots I remember owning were Puma Spiders - I still have them in a cupboard at home! They were fantastic boots. I was nine-years-old and I scored about 70 goals with them in a season.