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Rickie Lambert: 'I deserve to be a Liverpool player'

Rickie Lambert believes that he deserves to be at Liverpool after making the 'unexpected' move from Southampton earlier this month.

Rickie Lambert believes that he fully deserves his place in the Liverpool squad after making a surprise move to Merseyside from Southampton earlier this month.

The Reds are said to have parted with £4m to bring Lambert, who is a lifelong Liverpool supporter, to Anfield.

The 32-year-old began his youth career with the Reds, but spent a large amount of his time in the lower leagues with Stockport County and Bristol Rovers before moving to Southampton in 2009.

"It wasn't a chance I was expecting to get but I've been given it now and I want to get out there that I believe I am good enough and that I will perform and that I will help Liverpool," Lambert told the club's official website.

"And as much as it's a whirlwind that is happening for me at the minute with the way my career has gone, I want to make it clear that I feel I deserve to be here and what I've done deserves me to be here right now."

Widespread reports have claimed that Lambert's former teammate Adam Lallana could join the ex-Southampton forward at Liverpool after the World Cup.

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