3 hours ago, Nibs said:

I agree we have made that mistake in the past with outfield players. But this is totally different. Alisson is NOT massively better than the likes of Pope, Butland, Heaton etc. It wasn't that long ago that he couldn't dislodge the great Wojciech Szczesny from the No.1 spot at Roma!! 

I don't know a lot the english goalkeepers you mentioned,but as a napoli fan i've watched almost all Roma's games last season. 2 years ago was his first year in Europe and Szczesny had been great the previous year (Szczesny has imroved a lot,today he's very good) so it was their plan to give Allison 1 year to settle in. From what I've seen Alisson is today top3 goalkeeper in the world (maybe I'd rate Oblak #1 and Courtois #2), he's the starter of brazil national team instead of Ederson,no doubt about his qualities. I agree the problem is his currently economic value,maybe too much for a keeper, Roma hoped to make an auction for their best player between you,Liverpool and Real Madrid. So I don't know if it's correct to pay as much for a goalkeeper,but I'm sure Alisson is world classy. Donnarumma is Italian hope,but he's still in his prime and after a good first year (and after he signed a very rich contract) he didn't repeat in the second,he made lot of errors last season what  I think it's normal for his age. The problem of Donnarumma is he's very promising but u can clearly see the difference between him and top keeper like Alisson,but Donnarumma's manager is Raiola and last year he signed new contract with Milan earning 6 milions/year plus they signed his brother as 3rd keeper of the team and they pay him 1 mln per year (it was last year of donnarumma's contract so they were forced),when Allison earns much less. So you should spend at least 50 milions and pay his salary a lot,for a keeper who maybe one day will be as good as top keepers,but more likely he won't reach that level,and to be honest today is just a little more than a normal player. If Courtois goes to Real,and Allison to Liverpool, maybe u could get Keylor Navas(you give them Courtois for few money!) from Real waiting to sign new goalkeep next year. I heard very good things about Kepa but I heard also his team asks at least same money roma asks for Allison,so...

No way this guy is worth £70m...I'd take the keeper from Milan or look at Schmil or Butland...sorry but Cech is now only second keeper standard...

“Right, NOW Alisson to Liverpool is a done deal, so say Sky Italy

For the record. That’s a LOT of money to pay for Alisson. Of course I wanted him. But still. 

So Chelsea either keep Courtois, or work on another keeper. Main names linked Donnarumma, Cillessen, Schmeichel, Cech, Butland..

Chelsea never made an offer by the way, before the hijack stories start!” - Simon Phillips. 

 

Interesting that we didn’t make an offer - I wonder if we were put off by the price. 

1 hour ago, JM7 said:

Interesting that we didn’t make an offer - I wonder if we were put off by the price. 

I'd say that is the only reason.  I'm sure we were interested in him.

BBC deal is £66m to Liverpool 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44874142

21 minutes ago, Strider6003 said:

BBC deal is £66m to Liverpool 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44874142

But Klopp and Liverpool do things differently they can't have broken another transfer record

Hmm makes the Courtois situation interesting.

The best situation for us has always been that Courtois resigns.  But we need a contingency if he doesnt. With Alisson off the market. We're not finding another keeper at that level.

The last person I want is Donnarumma. Terrible with his feet and we'd have to pay Raiola as much as we pay Milan for him. 

4 hours ago, dkw said:

Remember when Klopp told us he didn't want to spend money like other clubs, Liverpool do things differently etc.... Ha ha, yeah, right. Hypocritical bellend is at the right club for certain. 

Fact is Liverpool really don't have a keeper, not even for the Premiership so spending a lot to fill that position is the right move for them.

We can just take it easy and if Courtois leaves why not get Navas as the trade since he is among the best in the world just as well.

12 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

Fact is Liverpool really don't have a keeper, not even for the Premiership so spending a lot to fill that position is the right move for them.

We can just take it easy and if Courtois leaves why not get Navas as the trade since he is among the best in the world just as well.

He isn't though....thats why Madrid are wanting an upgrade 

Reports on Twitter that we have hijacked the Allison move and has coming to us

1 minute ago, romansoldier1981 said:

Reports on Twitter that we have hijacked the Allison move and has coming to us

Twitter is full of morons 

 

Sky Sports reporting that Allison has arrived in England for his medical. 

Barring a Willian like medical, this one is dead..

BBC somalia 

Yeah he's going to Liverpool. Dont think we would only offer a 3 year contract

I think that guy is abit fake

5 hours ago, Chelsbear said:

He isn't though....thats why Madrid are wanting an upgrade 

I think Real want a star goalkeeper and Navas isn't popular with their spoiled fans, otherwise he has proven to be a great goalkeeper.

This could be an epic transfer window if we piss off the dippers as well as the mancs...

14 minutes ago, BordeauxBlue said:

This could be an epic transfer window if we piss off the dippers as well as the mancs...

It's nice to dream

£66m for a goalkeeper?

Never thought I’d see the day. 

Still struggling to wrap my head around some of the fees being paid nowadays. 

5 hours ago, ForeverCarefree said:

£66m for a goalkeeper?

Never thought I’d see the day. 

Still struggling to wrap my head around some of the fees being paid nowadays. 

It's crazy, even more crazy when you see that he has had 1 season at the top level, and it wasn't like he was spectacular. I didn't see him do much for Roma in the Champions League, i remember him pulling the ball out of the net a lot.

9 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

It's crazy, even more crazy when you see that he has had 1 season at the top level, and it wasn't like he was spectacular. I didn't see him do much for Roma in the Champions League, i remember him pulling the ball out of the net a lot.

For a world record fee you’d think you were talking about a world class player but I’ll be honest I’d never heard of him before.

Nuer, De Gea, Courtois etc. Those are the keepers I thought would attract a huge money bids but the sweeper/keeper fad seems to have elevated other goalkeepers recently. 

 

Lock?

Officially signed for the bin dippers now.

Will be proper funny if he struggles with the physicality of the league.