Trio reveal Reds hopes

The midfielder insists he will have no qualms about feeling the wrath of his relatives and is eager to play and make a winning start to life at Anfield.

Speaking at a press conference held to unveil the club's latest signings, Henderson said: "It's a big game but I've just got to treat it like any other one.

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"Hopefully I can get into the team first of all, and if I get the chance to play I can make my Premier League debut for Liverpool and that's all that matters really.

"All of my family and friends are Sunderland supporters and will all want them to win but I'm a Liverpool player now and I'm looking forward to playing for them. Hopefully we can get a good result on the opening day of the season."

Henderson was joined at the top table by Stewart Downing who revealed that the chance to sign for a rejuvenated Liverpool was one he simply could not turn down.

Downing said: "Liverpool is a tremendous Football Club with a great manager and great players. Once I heard of the interest there was only one place I wanted to come.

"I heard rumours that other clubs were interested but once I knew the manager wanted me I wanted to come here and play for Liverpool - and for him.

"There's a buzz about the place. The new signings have come in and they did well towards the end of last season. We've got a great manager and everyone is pulling together in the right direction. The club is on the up and I want to be part of it."

Downing was named as Aston Villa's player of the year last term and was rewarded for his consistent displays with a more prominent role in the England set-up.

The winger admits that he now harbours hopes of forcing his way into his country's starting XI on a more regular basis and feels a good first year with Liverpool will bolster his chances of playing at Euro 2012 - should England get there.

"First and foremost I need to start well with Liverpool," he said. "Hopefully I can then get in the England squad and get more of a chance. I've been involved more over the past few months which I've enjoyed, so long may that continue.

"The Euros are an incentive for us, but like I say we have to do well for our club first. It's a big season here at Liverpool, but if I do well hopefully I will be rewarded with a place at the European Championships."

Meanwhile, Charlie Adam is delighted to have the chance to link-up with a Scotland legend.

The former Blackpool playmaker admits he was a fan of Kenny Dalglish the player and is now looking to make a good impression under him as a manager.

"The manager is a highly respected man in the game," he said.

"It's great to have the opportunity to work with the manager, the coaches and players that they've got here. It's a privilege to be here. I want to try and play as well as I can."

He added: "Plenty of good players have come down here from Scotland. It's nice to have the opportunity to work with a manager as respected as him and also back home as well. He was a hero in the national team and did a terrific job. It's an honour to say I can come and play under him."

Adam was linked with a transfer to Anfield back in January but remained at Blackpool to help the Tangerines in their battle to avoid the drop.

He admits it was frustrating not to seal a move earlier but is now determined to make the most of his new life on Merseyside.

He said: "When you are at a club fighting relegation you know it will be diffiuclt to leave.

"The situation was that I wanted to come to a club like this. Blackpool said I couldn't go and I respected that.

"I think the performances I put in from January until the end of the season showed that I was 110 per cent behind the club. I wanted to help keep Blackpool in the league and it was disappointing we couldn't do that.

"But I'm just delighted to be here now as a Liverpool player. It's time to move on and look to the future."

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The Reds face Valencia in their final pre-season clash on Saturday, a match that should see the outfield trio make their first appearance at Anfield.

Adam acknowledges it will be a special moment and is eager to use the encounter to fine tune his preparations ahead of the big kick off versus Sunderland.

"Everybody wants to start the season well," he said. "As new players it's totally different. We want to start well and win games. We are playing in one of the best leagues in the world and if we do that we'll be happy.

"It's important to get the first home game out of the way for Liverpool. Valencia are one of the top clubs in Spain and it will be a good game for us to finish off the pre-season.

"But the focus for us is August 13th against Sunderland. That's when it all kicks off and we need to prepare right for that and win our first game at home."

Adam also spoke of the expectation that comes with playing for a club of Liverpool's size and insists he will enjoy the responsibility that comes with wearing the famous red shirt.

He added: "I was at a big club at Rangers. I played nearly 100 games there. I know what expectation is about. I've played in the Champions League so at the end of the day I know what it will mean to play for this club.

"We need to win every week, that's the expectation. At Blackpool last year we weren't expected to win every week, but this year, at Liverpool, we will be.

"That's a good challenge for the lads and part and parcel of being at a big club."

"Even when I was at Blackpool and we were going to Old Trafford we wanted to win the game. At the end of the day it didn't happen and no-one expected us to. But now the onus is on us.

"We have to go and win the game from the start. Everyone will come to beat us.

"It's a good challenge having to win week in, week out and it's one I'm really looking forward to."