Liverpool's surprise signing chose Reds transfer over other options

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However, with Alisson sidelined due to a hamstring injury and the potential need to rest Mamardashvili, Woodman, who has been named on the bench seven times, could be set to make his Liverpool debut against Crystal Palace - a club where his father Andy played and where he spent much of his youth career - in the League Cup fourth round tie on Wednesday evening, reports the Liverpool Echo. And regarding the prospect of doing exactly that, Woodman remarked: "Any time I get to pull on the jersey for this club, whether it be a pre-season game or whatever competition, I'll always just try to do my best and enjoy the moment.

"I wanted to keep playing and I'm only 28, but there was a conversation in the summer where Liverpool came up. I had other options but my dad said to me, 'How do you turn down Liverpool?

"It was my turn to go in goal one day and I had a teacher at the time, Mr Bruce, who was a coach for Crystal Palace," he told the official Liverpool matchday programme. "I used to go down to Selhurst with my grandad as he had a season ticket down there.