Paul Joyce claims Liverpool genuinely thought about signing £34m PSG player
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However, as per a fresh report from Paul Joyce, it seems like Mamardashvili was almost not a Liverpool player at all.
Joyce started his report by saying that the £29million fee for Mamardashvili was seen as ‘smart business’ due to Valencia’s financial troubles.
However, he does outline that Paris Saint-Germain ‘keeper, Lucas Chevalier, was an alternative that Liverpool ‘considered’ signing.
Porto’s Diogo Costa was another, but as shown by Chevalier’s £34million fee before add-ons, he’d have cost a lot more to bring through the Anfield doors than what Mamardashvili did.
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Whichever goalkeeper was going to join Liverpool, it’s clear that they were going to be Alisson’s back-up.
So, the fact that Mamardashvili will be getting regular game time for Georgia during these breaks means that he’s able to keep in the best shape possible whenever Liverpool need him.
In Chevalier’s case, the fact that Mike Maignan is often chosen over him for France means that he’d have got little-to-no game time and would’ve likely wanted out by the end of the term.
This, coupled with the fact that he’d have cost an awful lot more money, shows how right Liverpool were to sign Mamardashvili over him.