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Alexis Mac Allister has opened up about his move to Liverpool(Image: YouTube/The Anfield Wrap)

Alexis Mac Allister has revealed he spoke with Jurgen Klopp in a top secret ‘James Bond-like’ meeting before his Liverpool move.

Mac Allister admits he was left ‘shocked’ by Klopp travelling half way from Liverpool to Brighton in an effort to sign the midfielder.

Mac Allister joined Brighton & Hove Albion in 2019 before being sent back out on loan to his native Argentina in consecutive seasons.



Mac Allister has now delved into how the transfer came about, with then-Reds boss Klopp apparently going out of his way and pushing hard to sign him as he looked to revamp Liverpool’s ageing midfield.

Mac Allister wrote in The Players’ Tribune last week: “At the end of that season, Jurgen Klopp came to see me.

Box to box!’.”

He added: “From that moment I spoke to Jurgen, I knew I was meant to come to Liverpool.

When me, Dom [Dominik Szoboszlai], Ryan [Gravenberch] and [Wataru] Endo came in, it took us a minute to be comfortable playing our way, you know?

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“That [previous] midfield was very heavy metal.

That included netting Liverpool’s Goal of the Season during a 4-3 win over Fulham, though the Reds’ season ended in disappointing fashion as they fell short in the title race and settled for the Carabao Cup.

That also proved to be his only season playing under Klopp as the Liverpool boss stunned the Reds faithful by announcing he would be leaving at the end of the 2023/24 campaign.