Liverpool transfer news: Reds wrap up two-year loan deal for Javier Manquillo

 
Reinforcement: Manquillo made three league starts for Atletico last season
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Standard Sport6 August 2014

Liverpool have completed the loan signing of Atletico Madrid right-back Javier Manquillo.

The 20-year-old, who made three league starts for the Primera Division champions last season, is thought to have signed a two-year loan deal and arrives to provide competition for Glen Johnson ahead of a congested season for the Merseysiders.

"I'm very happy to have signed for a club like Liverpool. I think it's one of the biggest in Europe. Any footballer would want to come and play here, " Manquillo told the club's official website.

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"When they tell you Liverpool want to sign you, I think like any player, you are going to be absolutely amazed and you don't think of anything else than going straight there."

Manquillo is the seventh new signing the Reds have made this summer, following on from Rickie Lambert, Adam Lallana, Emre Can, Lazar Markovic, Dejan Lovren and Divock Origi.

"The immediate objective is to do the best I possibly can here," he added.

"I've come here to try and secure a place for myself in the side and, if possible, stay here for many more years in the future."

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He was initially a part of the youth set-up at Real Madrid before moving on to Atletico seven years ago.

Manquillo made his first-team debut in 2011 in the Copa del Rey, his Primera Division bow the following year and he was involved in Atletico's title-winning campaign last term, although his progress was disrupted by a neck injury.

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