The Ukraine international is especially looking forward to linking up with Steven Gerrard and Xabi Alonso.

“Obviously they are two of the best players in Europe, and it’s very important for a striker to play with such great players,” Voronin told www.liverpoolfc.tv.

“It makes it easy for strikers if there are top players behind them in midfield.

“I am pleased to be here finally and very excited to be at a new club. I’ve noticed how the atmosphere here is really good.

“The club is helping me and my girlfriend find somewhere to live. I’m currently living in a hotel – but I hope that’ll change in the next few days.”

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez believes Voronin will give him a variety of options up front.

“He is a player with pace and good movement,” said Benitez. “He plays between the lines, between defenders. He is a good worker also and he scores goals.

“He’s not the kind of player you can talk about strengths, because he has many things he can give to us.”

Voronin is not fazed at the arrival of record signing Fernando Torres from Atletico Madrid or the threat posed by Dirk Kuyt or Peter Crouch.

“The task in front of Liverpool at the start of every season is to win trophies and I want to be part of that,” he said. “I want to help them achieve things.

“After being in Germany for 12 years I felt it was time for a change, and then even more so when the offer came in from Liverpool.

“It’s such a famous and big club – one of the most famous in the world. You can’t resist an offer like that.

“As a striker, of course, the main task for me is to score goals. That is my role.

“I am confident. If I wasn’t confident, I would not have made the decision to come here. I feel I can adapt and be a success in the English game.”

As one striker begins his Anfield career, another’s looks to be over after Marseille on Friday claimed to have reached “an agreement in principle” to sign Djibril Cisse.

The 25-year-old spent last season on loan with the Ligue 1 club but remained a Liverpool player.

West Ham were rumoured to have made an approach but he now looks likely to sign a four-year deal with the Mediterranean giants, who yesterday also signed out-of-contract Anfield colleague Boudewijn Zenden.

A statement on Marseille website, www.om.net, read: “As well as signing Boudewijn Zenden, Marseille have also reached an agreement in principle with Liverpool for the transfer of Djibril Cisse.”