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Liverpool confirmed Thursday the signing of Brazilian goaltender Alisson Becker for 67 million pounds (73 million euros), of Rome, for the next six seasons.
Alisson, 25, becomes the most expensive goalkeeper in the history of the Premier League, ahead of Ederson, signed a year ago by Manchester City for 40 million euros.
The Brazilian goalkeeper played 49 games with Roma last season, helping the Italian team reach the semi-finals of the Champions League, where they lost against Liverpool.
In addition, he participated in five meetings of Brazil during the last World Cup in Russia, during which his team was eliminated Belgium in the quarterfinals
The Brazilian is the fourth recruit of Jürgen Klopp after Fabinho (50 million), Nabil Keita (60 million) and Xherdan Shaqiri (15 million) and the second most expensive in the history of Liverpool, behind that of Virgil van Dijk, which cost 84 million in January of this year.
Alisson was trained in the lower grades of the Brazilian International Club, which he sold in Rome last summer for 8 million euros.
The goalkeeper arrives in Liverpool to compete for the title of German Loris Karius.
Karius, who beat Belgian Simon Mignolet in Anfield's goal last season, was criticized for his unfortunate performance in the Champions League final, after two noisy mistakes that allowed Real Madrid to score the first and fourth goals of the match.
In addition, Klopp had to show his support, after Karius had cost him the "Reds" a goal against in a friendly match against the English Tranmere.
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