Liverpool complete short-term Alex Manninger deal

Liverpool have completed the signing of former Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Manninger on a short-term deal.

The 39-year-old has been training with the Reds during pre-season following his departure from Bundesliga side Augsburg at the end of the 2015-16 campaign.

Manninger is expected to act as Liverpool's third-choice keeper, with Loris Karius and Simon Mignolet ahead of him in the pecking order at Anfield.

"Honestly, it was a surprise. After these years, in Italy and the last four years in Germany, I hadn't given up, I hadn't said 'that's it', I still waited for the phone call," he told the club's official website.

"When Liverpool was on the phone, it was a great pleasure for me to take it on because it gives me what I was looking for. This is the moment I was waiting for until the end. I've still got something left, for sure, but obviously it's probably not the time for me to push for the next three or four years to get a place in the goal.

"Because time says it's not possible to play 50 games a year. But if I'm called up, I'm definitely there for games, I will play. And I'll definitely be in the changing room every game, giving my input; I hope, even if it's only a couple of percent, it will do the rest."

Manninger made 34 appearances for Austria earlier in his career and has also played for the likes of Fiorentina, Udinese and Juventus.