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Liverpool’s latest and second Premier League title triumph is to the credit not only of Arne Slot but also a recruitment team who continue to lay the foundations for sustained success both in the present and long into the future.

As Liverpool blitzed Tottenham Hotspur in Sunday’s procession to the title – Gary Neville felt the Reds would win 4-1 pre-match and even that ‘barbaric’ prediction proved to be rather kind on the beleaguered visitors in the end – Slot’s starting XI featured four players who joined the club from the beginning of 2023.

Cody Gakpo has kicked-on considerably under Slot.



But with Trent Alexander-Arnold’s contract expiring and Alisson Becker’s long-term future also uncertain, the recruitment staff at Anfield will once again face another serious test of their credentials.

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The good news is that past success bodes well for a prosperous future.

Liverpool will hope that Alisson’s successor has already been secured.

Giorgi Mamardashvili, the £25 million acquisition from Valencia, is ready and waiting to step into the Brazilian’s shoes should Alisson follow Fabinho and Roberto Firmino to Saudi Arabia.

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Speaking to the Georgian edition of La Gazetta, former Reds winger Ryan Babel sees Mamardashvili as a perfect example of Liverpool’s usually-impeccable long-term planning.

“I know he’s a great talent,” Babel says, believing that the giant Georgian could also prove integral even if Alisson stays and Caoimhin Kelleher makes way instead.

“I think it’s good that they brought in such a competitor for Alisson.

However, amidst some high-profile errors, there have also been the type of world-class, point-blank saves upon which Mamardashvili his cemented his reputation as one of the game’s next-best shot-stoppers.

Mamardashvili saved a Vinicius Jr penalty against Real Madrid while insisting Alisson’s place as Liverpool’s number one will come under threat once he is in the building.

The colossal frame of Alisson will leave an almighty hole to hill, however, when the day comes for a bonafide Premier League great to say his goodbyes.

Claudio Taffarel, Brazil legend and the current goalkeeping coach at Anfield, is in no illusions about the size of the task facing Mamardashvili somewhere down the line.

“I was impressed [with Alisson] when I arrived,” Taffarel, the 1994 World Cup winner, tells ESPN.

Showing [his talent] in games, important games.

“The club made that decision [to sign Mamardashvili], I think a year ago, a year and a bit ago.
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