Arne Slot (L) and Richard Hughes (R). Credit: Imago Images
Liverpool have big plans for the summer transfer window, but they will have some major decisions to make on a few outgoings sooner or later. One of the key decisions is being mulled over behind the scenes, and it could shape what could happen next season.
Arne Slot is set to win the Premier League title in his first season at the club despite not getting the backing he wanted in the last two transfer windows.
The Liverpool manager wants his stamp of authority on the team next season and is plotting a major revamp of the squad over the summer window.
The club are looking at changes in several areas of their squad, and one of the biggest shifts could come in the goalkeeping department next season.
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The club are yet to make one of the biggest transfer decisions
Liverpool signed Giorgi Mamardashvili last summer and left him out on loan at Valencia for the season. He is slated to join the Reds this summer.
However, the Valencia goalkeeper wants Liverpool to move on Alisson Becker before he moves to Anfield as he doesn’t want to sit behind the Brazilian in the pecking order.
Alisson has been offered an astronomical contract to move to Saudi Arabia in the summer, but David Lynch has stressed nothing has been decided yet.
He feels Liverpool would ideally want Alisson to stay for one more season as the number one goalkeeper, but stressed that no decision has been made yet.
“There’s quite a lot up in the air in terms of the Saudi clubs in for Alisson – [will they be in] more firmly this summer? There was definite interest last summer. They did contact his representatives”, Lynch told Sports Mole.
“Do they come in harder? Is he willing to go? If the money’s right, are Liverpool willing to let that happen or do they see it as the ideal situation? I think this is the way they would like this to play out, to get another season of Alisson after this with Mamardashvili as the number two, getting plenty of games because we’ve seen Kelleher has been playing plenty this season.
“Then maybe next summer, they could send Alisson off with everyone’s well wishes. In theory, that’s how Liverpool would ideally see it play out, but like I said, a lot is up in the air at the moment and no firm decisions made yet.”
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