Hyypia agrees new Anfield contract

LIVERPOOL defender Sami Hyypia has agreed a new deal which will keep him at Anfield in 2008.

Finn Hyypia will sign the contract today when he returns from Liverpool’s Champions League qualifier against CSKA Sofia in Bulgaria.

The 32-year-old, who joined Liverpool for £3m from Dutch club Willem II in 1999, said: “Obviously I am very, very happy to agree a new contract with Liverpool.