Maxi sets goals target
Maxi Rodriguez hopes his new squad number will inspire him to a best ever goals tally in a Liverpool shirt.
The Argentine enjoyed a rich vein of form in the latter stages of 2010-11 including hat-tricks in consecutive games but has already set his sights on surpassing those exploits this time around.
Our new No.11 told LFC Magazine: "Football is a game where you always want to do better and, after scoring 10 goals last season, it would be nice to improve on that this year.
"From when you are a kid you always want to improve year on year so if I can, that will be fantastic.
"The main thing is to try and make the most of any opportunities you do get to play so I will be going all out to do that."
Maxi switched shirt numbers during the summer having previously donned the No.17 jersey.
He admits he has a fondness for the number 11 and hopes it can have a positive impact upon his game.
"It was something that I asked for personally. It's just my favourite number," he said.
"I wore it at Newell's Old Boys and at Atletico and also in a couple of games for the Argentina national team.
"Albert Riera was the last person to have it at the start of last season but he left that summer and so the number was spare. Let's hope it brings a lot of luck."
The full interview with Maxi Rodriguez is in this week's LFC Magazine as well as chats with Charlie Adam and Andre Wisdom