Italian giants AS Roma are going to try and keep goalkeeper Alisson, although they accept it’s going to be quite difficult with Real Madrid and Liverpool on the trail…
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The Guardian says they’ll insist on keeping the 25-year-old until after the World Cup and that it’ll cost a fee of £79m to secure his services.
Liverpool would obviously prefer to wrap up a deal before Alisson heads off to Russia… He’ll actually be playing in a friendly at Anfield this weekend v Croatia – so now could be a handy time to get discussions underway.
£79m is crazy money, but after we secured Mo Salah from Roma in 2017 for under £40m, it’s no surprise the Serie A club want to avoid selling on the cheap.
Liverpool made £142m in January by selling Coutinho, and a hatful from reaching the Champions League Final too – so have money to spend on the right players.
A goalkeeper is arguably the biggest necessity of our summer, following Loris Karius’s nightmarish outing in Kiev.