Andy Carroll is confident he will live up to the club-record fee Liverpool paid to snare him from Newcastle United.
The Reds raised eyebrows by splashing out £35m to land the 22-year-old England international on transfer deadline day, but Carroll believes he will prove his worth when he returns from his thigh injury.
Liverpool’s new number nine said: “It was a lot of money but I am sure I can do what I need to do to prove that the money was worth it.
“I am here to score goals and create chances for the team, and that's what I do.
“I have scored goals at Newcastle and that's what I hope to do here. We will have to wait and see.
“I feel ready. I have made the move now and I feel I have settled down. I know what I need to do and I just want to concentrate on my football.
“I know what I can do in myself. (Fernando) Torres was a great player but I just need to concentrate on my own game.”
And Reds boss Kenny Dalglish has backed his newest recruit, along with fellow big-money buy Luis Suarez, to fill the void left by Torres’ departure to Chelsea.
Dalglish said: “I would like to reassure Andy that we are more upbeat about Andy coming than I think yourselves are.
“Every single question has got negativity in it. We don't see any reason whatsoever to be negative in any shape or form about Andy signing for Liverpool football club.
“It is a great signing for us, as is Luis. It is fantastic for us.”
The Scot added: “He has got fantastic potential. He is already part of the England squad and he's the best person we could have got in here to play with the number nine shirt.
“And at such a young age, when you consider what he has gone through, he wore the number nine shirt at Newcastle, which is a fantastic honour and he can wear the number nine here as well.
“That is a lot to carry on your shoulders and he showed by what he did at Newcastle that he is capable of doing that. Anybody who can wear that shirt up there and score goals has got a chance.
“We know he is a young boy. We know the price is maybe a bit more than what some people think it should be. But then every single person in here (the press conference) has got to justify their wages and their cost.
“So, if you can do that for yourself, then I'm sure he can do that for himself.”