Liverpool signed Japanese midfielder Wataru Endo from German club Stuttgart on Friday.
Endo was the captain at Stuttgart and played in all four of Japan’s games at the World Cup last year. He was in the last year of his contract at the German club after joining the team in 2020.
The 30-year-old is a defensive midfielder who can also play in the center of defense. He scored five goals in 33 Bundesliga games last season as the club narrowly avoided relegation.
“He was always on my list, just usually we don’t sign players of this age group,“ Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp said.
Klopp added: ”He is obviously a top fit and we will have a lot of fun with him. I’m really sure he can help us immediately, which is super cool because the season already started.”
The signing comes after Liverpool missed out on another defensive midfielder, Moisés Caicedo, who opted for Chelsea instead.
