Liverpool have tabled a huge bid for Roma goalkeeper Alisson, according to Il Romanista.
The Rome-based newspaper report in their edition today (16 July, pages 1, 2, 3) that the Merseyside giants have offered £61.8million plus bonuses to the Serie A club as well as a £102,000-a-week contract to the Brazilian.
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— Il Romanista (@ilRomanistaweb) July 15, 2018
Il Romanista report that Alisson’s representative Stefano Castagna relayed the details of Liverpool’s offer to Roma at their training ground in a meeting on Friday and they are now in pole position to sign him this summer.
Good move for Liverpool?
Saying that Liverpool need a new senior goalkeeper is like stating France’s World Cup players will be elated. It is a statement of the bleeding obvious. Alisson is in an elite group of keepers in the world game who clubs are willing to pay top dollar for because he is capable of winning matches through brilliant saves and providing a rock-like presence behind the defence. The Brazil international, who kept Manchester City’s Ederson out of the national side at the World Cup, had an outstanding season at Roma in which many claimed he was the best of an outstanding crop of numbers ones in Serie A. Aged 26, he also has potential to improve and become even more effective. He would be a game-changing capture for Liverpool.
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Likely to happen?
This is far from a done deal, given the offers have not been accepted either by Roma or Alisson, and Chelsea are also waiting in the wings amid the possibility of Thibaut Courtois joining Real Madrid. It is encouraging for Liverpool they are in the driving seat, but there is much work still to be done.
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