The 22-year-old has secured a move to Anfield after falling down the pecking order at Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea side, becoming Brendan Rodgers’ eighth signing of the summer

Liverpool have confirmed the signature of Chelsea forward Victor Moses on a season-long loan.
The 22-year-old passed a medical at Anfield on Monday and becomes the club’s eighth signing of a busy summer of transfer activity for Brendan Rodgers’ men.

The Nigeria international joins Mamadou Sakho and Tiago Ilori in joining Liverpool on deadline day, although Fabio Borini is close to leaving Merseyside for a loan move to Sunderland.

“First and foremost, I’m delighted to have made the loan from Chelsea to a big club like Liverpool,” he told the club’s official website.

“The most important thing is for me to be professional about it and I’m here to do a job for the club.

“The target is to get into the top four and for the club to compete in the Champions League – and I’m delighted to be here.

“The manager has done very well and the formation and players here will help me and I just want to gel in, get to know the players and play with them.

“There are a lot of quality players here – they’re winning games and creating chances. It’s a massive thing for me to be here.”

Moses moved to Stamford Bridge from Wigan Athetlic in the summer of 2012, making 42 appearances and scoring 10 goals as Chelsea were crowned Europa League champions.

The Italy international forward is set to team up with compatriot Paolo Di Canio at the Stadium of Light after falling down Brendan Rodgers’ pecking order at Anfield

By Wayne Veysey

Fabio Borini is set to join Sunderland on a loan after Liverpool confirm the capture of Victor Moses, Goal understands.

Anfield manager Brendan Rodgers will allow the Italian forward to leave when the deal to sign Moses on loan from Chelsea is completed.

Moses’ arrival will push Borini down the pecking order and the Italian is likely to get more opportunities at Sunderland under his countryman Paolo Di Canio.

The 22-year-old Italy international had an injury-plagued debut campaign at Anfield after moving from Roma in the summer of 2012 and has failed to establish in the first team.

Moses was in the stands at Anfield on Sunday to watch Liverpool beat Manchester United 1-0 as the Merseysiders closed in on completing his loan from Stamford Bridge.

The 40-year-old insists Champions League football is the Anfield outfit’s priority despite a perfect start to the league season, also claiming the Reds’ new signings will add depth

Brendan Rodgers has played down talk of a title challenge at Liverpool following a perfect start to the Premier League season.
Victory over champions Manchester United on Sunday – sealed courtesy of Daniel Sturridge’s first-half header – made it three wins from three for the Anfield club.

And with Liverpool boasting the only 100 per cent record in the Premier League and yet to concede, expectation levels are high on Merseyside – but boss Rodgers is only focused on securing Champions League qualification.

“Thirty five [Premier League games] to go, we won’t be getting carried away, we’ve got a lot of work ahead of us,” the Northern Irishman told reporters.

“The initial challenge is to get into top four and be in the conversation for that as long as we can, and I don’t think we can look anything beyond that for a while yet.”

New signings Mamadou Sakho and Tiago Ilori were in the stands to watch the United game and Rodgers is confident the duo can add depth to his squad.

He added: “We need that depth, they are quality players and they’ll help us move forward.”

Liverpool’s win over their arch rivals was offset by injuries to both Sturridge (thigh) and Glen Johnson (ankle), with the club’s medical team currently assessing the duo.