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Liverpool<\/a><\/abbr> icon Tommy Smith has welcomed the arrival of Stewart Downing.<\/p>\n

The former Aston Villa<\/a><\/abbr> winger has received a mixed reception from Reds fans.<\/p>\n

But Smith told the liverpoolfc.tv<\/em>: \u201cIt\u2019s something I\u2019ve been going on about for a long time because we\u2019ve needed wingers desperately.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m delighted we\u2019ve got Downing. He impressed me when I saw him last season and he was certainly Villa\u2019s best player.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe creates and scores goals, and the fact he\u2019s forced his way into the England set-up shows how much he has improved.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you look around there aren\u2019t many top wingers in the Premier League so they aren\u2019t cheap to pick up. But if I could have picked any of them to sign for Liverpool<\/a><\/abbr> it would have been him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe paid a lot of money for Andy Carroll but we didn\u2019t get to see much of him last season due to injuries. When he did play the one thing he was missing was decent service from the flanks.<\/p>\n

\u201cDowning will get to the byline and put balls into the box for Carroll to attack. I\u2019m sure Downing will help to improve Carroll\u2019s game.\u201d<\/p>\n

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