“My will is to stay”
Alisson has spent this autumn answering questions about his form. After Sunday’s 3-1 win at Crystal Palace, he got to answer a different one, and he did not hedge. “My will is to stay,” the Liverpool goalkeeper said. “I’m happy here, my family is happy here. I’m still hungry for titles.”
The 34-year-old is in the last year of his deal. Liverpool triggered a one-year option in March and kept him in the summer despite interest from Juventus. He says no talks have taken place with him directly, though his agent is speaking with the club. Head coach Andoni Iraola said last week he hopes Alisson stays, while adding that the decision rests with the player.
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A timely reminder at Selhurst Park
The timing helped his case. Alisson had been criticised for errors in back-to-back defeats to Arsenal and Fenerbahce. At Selhurst Park he produced a sharp reaction stop to deny Daichi Kamada’s volley, two minutes before Liverpool took the lead. He stretched to push away Adam Wharton’s header before the break, and with the score at 2-0 he closed down the angle to beat Yeremy Pino one-on-one.
He lost his clean sheet to a late Eddie Nketiah penalty, but Liverpool’s best player on the day was the man in goal.
Signed from Roma for 67 million pounds in 2018, then a world-record fee for a goalkeeper, Alisson has won two Premier League titles, the Champions League, the FA Cup and two League Cups at Anfield. For a club that has lost high-profile players on free transfers before, his words will land well.
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