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Lottie Gibbons

John Arne Riise shares cute photo of newborn - and Liverpool fans will love it

Liverpool legend John Arne Riise has welcomed his fourth child with wife Louise.

The former Reds left-back announced the happy news in January, saying it is 'a dream come true'.

But today, celebrations were in full-swing has he proudly showed his newborn son.

John Arne Riise of Liverpool celebrates his winning goal during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Liverpool on November 26, 2005 (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

He tweeted: "Hello world My name is Colin Riise and I was born 11.30am 09/08/2019."

Liverpool fans were delighted to see the hour-old youngster is a true Red.

Colin was drowning in an oversized Liverpool shirt , personalised with the name 'Riiise Jr' and his father's former squad number.

Riise's followers loved the snap, tweeting their congratulations to the player.

One Twitter user @happydobbin44 said: "Welcome to another little Red! Great news and choice of name! YNWA."

Aiden tweeted: "Congratulations, let’s hope the reds get a win for him tonight."

And Ash said: "Welcome to the Reds family Colin."

Louise posted a similar image on her Instagram, with the caption: "Welcome to the world, Colin Riise."

This is the couple's first child together, John has three children from previous relationships.

Riise retired as a football player in 2017 and has since worked as a sports director at a football club in Malta.

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