Aquilani: I will always be Roma fan

The 25-year-old made more than 100 league appearances for the Stadio Olimpico outfit since making his debut in 2002, scoring nine times.

However, the Italian international, who has 11 caps for the Azzurri, will be plying his trade on Merseyside this season, after a fee - believed to be in the region of £20 million - was agreed for the playmaker to attempt to fill the boots of Xabi Alonso at Anfield, after the Spaniard departed for Real Madrid.

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Gregg Davies

Gregg Davies is the Chief Sub Editor of FourFourTwo magazine, joining the team in January 2008 and spending seven years working on the website. He supports non-league behemoths Hereford and commentates on Bulls matches for Radio Hereford FC. His passions include chocolate hobnobs and attempting to shoehorn Ronnie Radford into any office conversation.