Dirk Kuyt

The former Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt has said that the Arsenal star striker Robin van Persie has once mentioned to him that he would like to play for his current club Fenerbahçe.

The former Liverpool striker recently ended his six-year association with the Premier league club after moving to the Turkish club. Arsenal star striker Robin van Persie, who is also a fellow Dutchman, has been heavily linked with a move away from Arsenal in recent months. He also recently confirmed that he would not sign a new contract with the club.

Even though he is right now linked with some of the biggest clubs in the world like Manchester United and Juventus, it is thought that Robin van Persie would one day want to play for the Turkish club Fenerbahçe according to his international teammate Dirk Kuyt. The 32-year-old might have won only one trophy during his time at Anfield, but he is set to start a revolution at the Turkish club by becoming the first of many high profile players to arrive in the next few seasons. The Turkish club managed to grab Dirk Kuyt for just € 1 million. He has signed a three-year contract with them.

"I spent six years, four months at Liverpool. First of all I'd like to thank my teammates, managers, the fans and all the people that worked for Liverpool football club. I am at a great club and I'm very happy to be here, I believe Fenerbahçe will become a club like Liverpool. I would like to thank my captain, Alex De Souza. Alex gave me a very warm welcome, he made a speech yesterday in front of my teammates wishing me all the best, it was a moving moment, we are like a family here, its a great team environment," said Kuyt while on the pre-season training.

The former Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt has said that he is very much looking forward to the new chapter in his career after recently securing the move to Turkish club Fenerbahce.

The Dutch striker joined Liverpool back in 2006 and has had six years at Anfield. Even though he has only the Carling cup that he won this season to show for his work at Anfield, he has said that he is nonetheless extremely happy that he decided to move to Liverpool in his career. Now, he is very much looking forward to the next chapter in his career.

There have been rumours persisting even during the Kenny Dalglish era that Dirk Kuyt would finally leave Liverpool, especially when they signed Luis Suarez. Even though he has been praised for his work rate, Liverpool fans have always complained that he has lacked the quality required to play for a club like Liverpool. However, he has been extremely brilliant for the club in the last couple of seasons after having been moved to the right wing position by the former manager Rafael Benitez, who was instrumental in bringing the Dutch forward to Anfield. The 31-year-old recently played at the Euro 2012 with the Dutch national team, who were a major disappointment at this major competition.

"See, that makes me feel really good. You can feel the trust people have in you here. The welcome is really warm. That is just really pleasant to experience. The disappointment of the Euros is not erased, but I needed something like this," said Dirk Kuyt in response to the comments made by the club after securing his signature.

"We consider the arrival of Dirk Kuyt at our club as the same size coup as when we got Roberto Carlos," said the general manager of the club after announcing the signing of Dirk Kuyt.

Liverpool forward Dirk Kuyt is a major target for German club Hamburg in the summer, as the club looks to rebuild from the front.

Hamburg manager Thorsten Fink is thought to be a great fan of the Dutch forward Dirk Kuyt, who has been largely utilised as a right-winger by Liverpool in the last couple of seasons. It is thought that Dirk Kuyt has been persuaded with the thought of playing up front for Hamburg at the start of the new season. The 30-year-old Dirk Kuyt looks to be coming to the end of his Liverpool career after Kenny Dalglish has not picked him for the most important matches.
Liverpool paid Dutch club Feyenoord £ 9 million for the services back in 2006.

Even though it is highly unlikely that they will be able to recoup the money, Dirk Kuyt's six year stay at Anfield finally looks to be coming to an end. He was already linked with a move abroad in the summer, but due to the lack of concrete bid from clubs, he decided to stay for one more season. When asked about the possibility of signing Dirk Kuyt, Hamburg manager Thorsten Fink said that he is a class centre forward and that Hamburg will be going to great lengths in order to secure his signature.

"He has class, and he is also a fighter. There is nothing more that needs to be said about the quality of this player. Whether this is something we feel we want to commit to, we will see," Fink told the German sports magazine Kicker his opinion about Liverpool striker Kuyt. Meanwhile, former Chelsea sporting director Frank Arnesen, who is at Hamburg on a similar role, has said that Kuyt is a player they would like to sign in the summer.

Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt has said that the draw with Manchester City has not affected the team morale one little bit. After coming on the back of high-profile wins over Chelsea, Liverpool were expected to put up a strong fight against Manchester City, but could only draw the match.

One of the main reasons for the result being in favour of Manchester City was due to the fact that it was at Anfield. Liverpool has struggled at Anfield of late, but Dirk Kuyt has said that the team is definitely confident, despite the draw with Manchester City.

Manchester City opened the scoring through Vincent Kompany early on in the second half. Even though it looked like a great header from a corner at first, replays clearly showed that the ball had bounce off Vincent Kompany's shoulder. City, thus, were extremely lucky to take the lead after Liverpool had dominated most of the possession and the chances. However, Liverpool were quickly back on level terms when they equalised through Charlie Adam, but it was Liverpool who were fortunate this time around. Charlie Adam's weak shot was deflected into his own net by Joleon Lescott. Manchester City keeper Joe Hart watched in disbelief as the ball crept back into his own net.

However, Liverpool were upbeat in the second half and they created a number of chances, with the most notable ones falling to Andy Carroll, but the former Newcastle United striker found Joe Hart in excellent form each time. "I think if you had said we would take four points from Chelsea away and City at home you would probably have signed up for it. In my opinion City have so far been the best team in the Premier League so we can take lots of positives from our performance," said Dirk Kuyt.