What's going on with Alisson? What Liverpool hero should do with Juventus transfer chance
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Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker is being strongly linked with a summer move to JuventusAfter confirmation of the impending departures of Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson this summer, the Liverpool future of Alisson Becker is now in the spotlight.The Reds goalkeeper has been one of the very best stoppers in world football over his eight years at club, but with one year left on his contract and Juventus making it clear that they would like to bring him back to Serie A, where he used to play for Roma, there is a growing sense that he could be about to depart.Should Liverpool be open to allowing him to leave though? Here's what our writers think.Paul GorstFor those of a certain vintage who have observed Liverpool in any capacity in recent years, Alisson Becker is the greatest goalkeeper they have ever seen at Anfield.The Brazilian shot-stopper, when he does come to eventually call time on his glittering career on Merseyside, will go down alongside vaunted names like Ray Clemence and Bruce Grobbelaar as the most celebrated glovesmen in Liverpool history.Where Alisson ranks on that particular list will make for a healthy debate in the local watering holes around Anfield one day.
However, how much more evidence the current No.1 is allowed to submit for his case remains to be seen now.Links to Juventus are genuine and the Serie A giants are determined to take him to Turin this summer, despite Liverpool exercising their right to trigger a one-year extension in his contract a few weeks ago.That action perhaps preserved value more than anything else, meaning Juve will be forced to hand over a transfer fee for Alisson should the Reds star seek pastures new and a return to Italy in the coming weeks.Liverpool, though, are unlikely to fetch a huge sum for a 33-year-old goalkeeper, particularly if it is not a club based in Saudi Arabia, who have previously shown interest in the Reds' keeper.Alisson, as recently as last month, had yet to make his mind up on his future, it's thought, and Liverpool will likely be reluctant to shove him to the exit door given the amount of experience, quality and leadership that is already heading that way via Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson's end-of-season departures.But injuries have hit hard in recent years. Since the start of the 2023/24 term, Alisson has missed over 25% of Premier League fixtures and the deal to bring in £29m Giorgi Mamardashvili - agreed two years ago and completed last summer - was clearly designed for a post-Alisson world at Anfield.Liverpool's data models may conclude that selling Alisson is the most sensible course of action, even if it is another heavy-hearted prospect for supporters to consider.
He's not been helped by performances around him of course, but there is a clear drop off there.And so with one year left on his contract and after a season which has been a struggle for everyone in both performance and psychology, the goalkeeper and Liverpool find themselves here. And as with Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson, departures aren't nice but they are eventually inevitable.Alisson won't get a new Liverpool contract so does he go this summer or next?