Simon Mignolet says he is relishing the challenge of taking a "big step forward" in his career with Liverpool.
The
Belgian, who was the subject of a €11.5 million switch from Sunderland
in June, is expected to compete with Pepe Reina for the number one spot
at Anfield next season.
The 24-year-old shot-stopper is confident
he will improve at the Merseyside club, and hopes to help Brendan
Rodgers' side push on next season and challenge for a top-four finish.
"For
me it's a big step forward and I'm very pleased to be training with the
team for two weeks now. I spoke to the manager and he told me that it's
going to be a big step forward," Mignolet told the club's official
website.
"We play the first game on Saturday and after that, with
the more we do on tour, I'll see how big a step forward it is for me.
At the moment, it's only training and I have to get used to the players
and the way of playing. Once we get going I'll know what it's going to
be like.
"When I came in for the first couple of training
sessions, I saw that everybody is very hungry and ambitious to get
going, everybody wants to take a step forward and push on into the top
four.
"There's big ambition around the club. I also noticed that
from the conversations I had with the goalkeeping coach and the gaffer. I
saw that they are very ambitious, want to get forward, winning trophies
and getting into the top four."
Like Mignolet, Kolo Toure is
among the four signings made by Rodgers since the opening of the
transfer window, having arrived on a free transfer from Manchester City
on July 1.
And, speaking at the pair's official unveiling at the
club's Melwood training ground, the Ivorian expressed his delight over
sealing a move to Anfield.
"For me, it's an honour to play for Liverpool - this club are unbelievable," said Toure.
"I've
just been here for two weeks and I've seen a lot of fantastic things.
I'm proud and I will give my best to this football club.
"When I
had to decide, when I had the phone call from Liverpool, you can't joke
with that. It's one of the biggest clubs in the Premier League. I was
like, 'wow'."
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