Kuyt leaving Liverpool for Fenerbahce

Dutch international Dirk Kuyt has agreed a move from Liverpool to Turkish side Fenerbahce, the English Premier League club said on Sunday. 

Liverpool said on their website (www.liverpoolfc.tv) that the transfer was expected to be completed in the next few days. No financial details were given. 

The big forward, currently preparing with the Dutch squad for Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine, arrived at Anfield from Feyenoord in 2006 and soon showed a knack for scoring important goals in big games. 

He made 285 appearances for Liverpool, scoring 71 goals including a hat-trick against Manchester United as well as a late goal against winners AC Milan in the 2007 Champions League final. 

The 31-year-old also scored in the League Cup final against Cardiff City at Wembley in February that Liverpool won on penalties. 

The announcement of his departure comes two days after Liverpool named Brendan Rodgers as their new manager.      

The Dutch forward moved to Anfield from Feyenoord in 2006 and made 207 appearances for the Reds.
  
He said: “The club and supporters I will always carry in my heart.

“The appointment of the new coach has nothing to do with it.

"When Fenerbahce came to me and made their ambitions known, from the first moment I was sold. They give me the confidence that I lost.”
 
Kuyt leaves Liverpool having won just one trophy in six seasons on Merseyside - the Carling Cup last season, when he scored in the penalty shootout win over Cardiff.
 
A Liverpool statement said: "Dirk Kuyt has advised the club that he has today reached an agreement with Fenerbahce SK over a move to Turkey.
 
"The transfer is expected to be completed in the next few days.

"Everyone at Liverpool Football Club would like to wish Dirk all the very best for the future and thank him for his contribution to the club."

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