Liverpool

Jurgen Klopp: 'Alisson Becker one of world's best goalkeepers'

By Giuseppe Labellarte, Reporter | 19 July 2018

Klopp: 'Alisson one of world's best keepers'

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp admits that he could not pass up "the opportunity to sign one of the world's best goalkeepers" following Alisson Becker's move from Roma.

Jurgen Klopp has admitted that he could not pass up "the opportunity to sign one of the world's best goalkeepers" following Alisson Becker's move to Liverpool.

The Reds announced Alisson's arrival from Roma on Thursday night, the Brazil international joining for a £65m fee and penning a "long-term deal" at Anfield.

Alisson is now the world's most expensive goalkeeper, trumping the £34.7m paid by Manchester City for compatriot Ederson a year ago, but Klopp insists that neither party could do anything about the expensive price tag.

"At one point in the last few weeks it came up, the opportunity to sign one of the world's best goalkeepers," Klopp told the official Liverpool website. "Then it's not a long thought, to be honest, it's only that you need to have a little talk with the owners! They were quite excited, so we did it.

"I think it's something we have to do. He has nothing to do with the price, we have nothing to do with the price, it's the market, that's how it is and we will not think a lot about it. It shows the value of goalkeepers, of course, in this moment. It will happen a lot in the next few weeks I guess and that's it, so we are really happy to have him here now.

"His English is surprisingly good and he is a real personality. He has meanwhile a lot of experience in the last few years, in Europe and in Rome, he's played there on an outstandingly high level and he did the same at the World Cup."

Alisson is Liverpool's fourth summer signing, after Naby Keita, Fabinho and Xherdan Shaqiri.