Mrs Kuyt: We love Liverpool
The wife of Dirk Kuyt took to Twitter to pay tribute to the city of Liverpool after her husband agreed a deal to move to Fenerbahce.
Gertrude, Dirk and their four children will move to Turkey after six years on Merseyside once the transfer is completed over the coming days.
And Mrs Kuyt wrote:
We truly gone mis Liverpool! We love that city! Thanks to our friends, players and all the people around us who looked after us last 6 years
— gertrude kuyt (@gertrude83) June 4, 2012
I want to thank all the supporters for all the warm and kindly messages for our family! It's give us a warm feeling and a lot of respect...
— gertrude kuyt (@gertrude83) June 4, 2012
Kuyt himself has become part of the fabric of Liverpool in recent years and this was reflected in April when he was asked to read a psalm at the Hillsborough Memorial Service.
Afterwards he tweeted his pride:
It was an honour to read psalm 23 @ the hillsborough memorial service. Let there be justice for the 96. They will never be forgotten!!
— Dirk Kuyt (@Dirk_18_Kuyt) April 16, 2012