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Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker.(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Alisson Becker has admitted it will take time for Arne Slot’s new-look Liverpool team to gel following a busy transfer window.

Such a figure is also likely to rise before the transfer window closes, with the likes of Kostas Tsimikas and Harvey Elliott continuing to be linked with moves away.

Federico Chiesa was the Reds’ only new arrival following Slot’s appointment as head coach last summer, as the Dutchman stuck by the majority of his inherited squad from Jurgen Klopp.

But with Liverpool overseeing their busiest and costliest transfer window in their history, it has certainly been a change of pace at Anfield compared to previous summers.

The Reds have looked leaky defensively at times during pre-season and in their opening clashes with Crystal Palace and AFC Bournemouth, conceding two goals against both the Eagles and the Cherries.

And while Alisson is confident it will not take too long for Liverpool’s summer signings - including new full-backs on both flanks in Frimpong and Kerkez - to bed in at Anfield, the Brazilian admits it will take time for Slot’s new-look side to adapt and iron out such teething problems.

“We don’t know how long it takes,” he said.

What we can do here is just make those players who came in feel comfortable to play in the way Liverpool plays.

“We know their qualities and we know that we have to use their qualities as well to improve the team.

“But we have a style of playing, a way to play.

I think they are doing that really well.

“Some will need more time, some not, but with the quality they have, I don’t think that it will take too long for them to really create the connection with the other players.

“My role is the same as the others, to help them in any way we need to help - on the pitch or outside of the pitch.”

Meanwhile, Alisson has shared his delight for Chiesa after he scored his first Premier League goal in Liverpool’s win over Bournemouth.

The Italian endured a tough first season at Anfield as he struggled with fitness issues and found his game-time limited, but he emerged from the bench to restore the Reds’ lead late on as they opened their title defence with a 4-2 victory over the Cherries.

Alisson - who started the move that led to Chiesa’s goal - admits it has not been easy for the forward since joining Liverpool.

But he joked that he told Chiesa that he was happy to concede twice against Bournemouth as it meant the Italian could enjoy such a moment.

“I think it means a lot for us when a player like him, who is not playing so often, who didn’t play as much as he wanted to play, is not going in the best moment of his life, personally,” the goalkeeper told Men In Blazers.

“So when he comes in and he scores that goal, I think the satisfaction that he shows us in his celebration shows a lot of his character, of his personality.

“He’s a guy who works so hard here every day with us, he’s always trying to help.

“He complains sometimes, every Italian does that!

But he’s not a guy who complains in a negative way, he complains to make things better, to try to make things better for everyone, not only for himself.

“I think it [the goal] shows that nothing is impossible if we can believe to the last second that we have the players who can change the game if it’s necessary.

“I’m never happy that I concede but I told him seeing that you are the guy who scored the goal, I have no problem conceding the goals!”

Of course, Alisson playing a role in the final third is nothing new, with the Brazilian recording a goal and three assists during his seven years at Anfield.

All three of his assists have been for Mohamed Salah, each time playing in the Egyptian with a long kick upfield.

And that is what he was doing too in the build-up to Chiesa’s goal against Bournemouth, with his long kick to the forward ultimately falling to Dominik Szoboszlai before Salah crossed into the box.

Alisson previously played alongside Salah for a season at AS Roma in 2016/17, before joining him at Liverpool in the summer of 2018.

And while the Brazilian might still be forging connections with his newest team-mates, he put the success of such a link-up with Salah down to their many years playing together.

“With Mo, the connection me and Mo have is from the years we spent together,” he said.

“I know his qualities, he knows my quality to play the ball in behind of the line when we have the space to do that.

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“So he just does what he does the best, that is running towards the goal and I have to do my best to kick the ball and put him in a good position so he can control the ball and do what he does best which is scoring goals.

“But it’s something we really enjoy doing.