Salif Diao has joined Stoke from Liverpool on a permanent deal
for the rest of the season.
The Senegal midfielder had spent the last three months on loan with
the Championship outfit.
But now he's made the move permanent and will be at the Britannia
Stadium until at least the summer.
"We have had a nervous few weeks waiting to get the paperwork
sorted out to get Salif here," Tony Pulis told Liverpool's official
website.
"But we are very relived to finally get him here on a permanent
basis. You only have to look at the amount of points we gathered
while he was here to see what an important player he is to this
football club."
Diao signed for Liverpool in the summer of 2002 after impressing
during the World Cup finals in Japan and South Korea, and went on
to make 59 appearances, scoring three goals.
