LONDON, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Denmark international Christian Poulsen has signed a three-year contract with Liverpool, confirmed the Premier League club on Thursday.

Poulsen, 30, arrived from Italian giants Juventus and will wear the No. 28 shirt of the the Reds. He has been caped 77 times by Denmark.

The defensive midfielder has previously worked with Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson at FC Copenhagen, when the Englishman was in charge in 2000.