Brazil international Alisson has joined Liverpool from Roma in an $84 million transfer — a world record deal for a goalkeeper.
“In terms of my life and my career, it’s a huge step for me being part of this club and this family,” the 25-year-old Alisson told the Liverpool website after signing a reported six-year contract. “You can be certain that I’ll give my all.”
The transfer makes the Brazilian the most expensive goalkeeper in history, his fee eclipsing the $62 million Juventus paid to Parma in 2001 for Gianluigi Buffon and the $46 million Ederson cost Manchester City from Benfica last summer.
“He’s a very calm person,” added Klopp. “It’s not his price, it’s not the price we want to pay, it’s only the price the market demands. That’s how it is, no problem with that.
