Liverpool signing who stunned Alex Ferguson regretted 'hard' exit after blunt Brendan Rodgers talks

A new era dawned at Liverpool in the summer of 2011. Roy Hodgson’s reign was well and truly over and club legend Kenny Dalglish was ready for his first full season in charge after returning to the manager's hotseat.

Dalglish knew that he needed to make significant changes at Anfield - and he didn’t waste any time in the transfer market. Jose Enrique, Jordan Henderson, Stewart Downing, Sebastian Coates, Danny Ward, Craig Bellamy and Doni all arrived that summer.

Another player who moved to Liverpool was Charlie Adam. And it was on this day in 2011 that the Reds agreed a deal worth up to £7.5m for the Scotland international, who had impressed in the Premier League in the previous campaign for Blackpool.

"I am absolutely delighted to be here," Adam told Liverpoolfc.tv after signing for the club. "It has been a long process but now I can't wait to get started and hopefully this will be a successful period in my career and in the club's history.

"Liverpool is a massive club with terrific players and a terrific manager. I see this as the perfect development for me to come here, play with such wonderful players and hopefully help the team to win trophies, because that's the most important thing.

"I'm delighted to be able to walk out on the same pitch as some of the players here. There are good players at the club, top, top players who I want to learn from. I want to become a better player and hopefully bring something to the team.

"Hopefully we can have a successful period because it's been missing now for a couple of years. At the end of the day you get judged on trophies and as a footballer you want to win as many as you can. This club has had a lot of success over the years, so let's get back to doing that."

Dalglish himself