Voronin got a taste of the unique quality of the club's famous old stadium two years ago when he played there in a European match for his previous club Bayer Leverkusen.

"I will never forget that night, even though my team didn't perform as well as we could," Voronin said after completing his move to England on Friday.

"Even for an opposition player, the supporters and the atmosphere in that stadium were unforgettable, and definitely the thing I remember most from that match.

"The Liverpool fans are world famous, and though this was not the only reason I decided to join this club, it was certainly one of the main reasons. I can't wait to play at Anfield in a red shirt."

Voronin was part of Ukraine's 2006 World Cup squad and has won 44 caps. He has spent all of his senior career in Germany, playing for Cologne, Mainz and Borussia Monchengladbach before joining Leverkusen.

Benitez said he was confident that Voronin would enhance a Liverpool squad aiming to mount a serious challenge for the Premiership title next season.

"He is a player with pace and with good movement," Benitez said. "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 insists he is not concerned by the record purchase of Fernando Torres from Atletico Madrid or the threat posed by Dirk Kuyt or Peter Crouch.

"I have not made this decision just to sit on the bench," he said. "I have come to get in the team and form a partnership with someone."

"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."

"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 claimed to have reached an agreement to sign French striker Djibril Cisse.

The 25-year-old spent last season on loan with Marseille, 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 have also signed out-of-contract Anfield colleague Boudewijn Zenden.