Liverpool are close to meeting AS Roma’s €75million asking price for Alisson and they need only bid €5million more to sign the highly sought-after Brazilian.
Loris Karius underlined the need to sign a new no.1 last week when he made yet another mistake in goal against Tranmere Rovers. The German spilled Ollie Norburn’s free-kick and Jonny Smith duly finished the rebound.
Despite making the error in a pre-season friendly, Karius might have knocked in the final nail in his own coffin a month and a half after costing Liverpool the Champions League final when he made two unforgivable errors between the sticks.
Among supporters, there is an overwhelming desire to see Alisson brought in to plug the gap that is Karius. Roma’s steep valuation has seen Liverpool distance themselves but it seems as though the Reds are ready to pay up.
According to La Repubblica, via the Calcio Insider, Liverpool “offered a fee worth €70m (€60m cash + €10m in bonuses), however, Roma rejected the move and instead want €65m cash + €10m in bonuses for their shot stopper.”
While this would be an incredibly expensive transfer, it’s one that would have an enormous impact on Liverpool’s chances of winning silverware. At the end of the day, it’s not our money and if FSG sanction a move, then they really ought to be lauded.
Fabinho, Virgil van Dijk and Alisson would signal a massive show of intent as far bolstering the backline is concerned.
Jürgen Klopp’s criticism has been that he isn’t strong enough defensively and as Man City proved last season, a strong attack is only something to brag about if your defence is there providing support.
Klopp has already added Fabinho and Naby Keïta to his squad and Nabil Fekir is likely to join the Reds despite a £53 million move for the Frenchman falling apart last month.
Add Alisson to the mix and Liverpool will have completed the best transfer window in the modern era.
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