Could the goalkeepers Alison Keleler remain in Liverpool?
Liverpool has a goalkeeping problem. Not bad – a really good problem – but a problem that coach ARNE SLOT should solve.
It can be said that Slot has the best goalkeeper in the world in his team at Alisson Becker, and the second goalkeeper is Caoimhín Kelleher by many-besides Stefan Ortega from Manchester City-as the best in the Premier League and perhaps the perfect success in the long term of Alison.
But as Liverpool continues its path to achieve success in the Premier League, Carabau Cup and European Champions League in the European Union this season, it has been almost forgotten that one of Alison or Keeler is likely to leave this summer to make way for the first major signature in Slot as coach, goalkeeper Valencia Giorgi Mamardashvili.
Georgia International six feet six feet, one of the penetration stars in Euro 2024, where his country reached the 16th round, and closed a 29 million pounds transfer last August before Forensia was loaned immediately throughout this season. But when he arrives in Anfield this summer, who will compete with Mamerdshevili for the No. 1 shirt? Will the 24 -year -old be satisfied with sitting on the bench after he waited for a year to overcome him to the club?
With the falling giants of Valencia fighting against the relegation, Mamerdshelili remained at least busy during his appearance on the 23rd of Laja this season, where he kept five clean leaves and waived 39 goals from 94 confrontations – a savings rate of 58.1 %. In contrast, Alison emphasized his position as the best in the world by giving up only 18 goals in 21 Premier League games in Liverpool this season from 64 rounds – a percentage of 73.5 %. Kelleher only made eight matches in the English Premier League, but its score of nine goals was assigned from 33 rounds that he faces, putting him close to Alisson numbers by a percentage of 72.7 %.
Massardhashelili was a difficult season in a struggling team, and after a mistake led to a goal during the 2-1 victory on Saturday over the real Valladolid team (Restarting on ESPN+ in the United StatesHe issued a statement on his Instagram account to admit his bad model this season.
“I know that I am not in my best now,” Mamerdsheili said. “But I am convinced that the challenges make us stronger. I am doing my best to be the best version of me as soon as possible.”
While Mamardashvili is looking for the model, and he may distract him from the possibility of his summer transfer to Liverpool, Alisson was great. Thanks to Brazil’s international performance last week in Paris Saint-Germain in the first stage of the Champions League league, Liverpool went to a match on Tuesday in Anfield with a 1-0 against league leaders 1.
It was one of the most incredible individual offers in the history of the Champions League by a goalkeeper. Alisson’s Nine Devision against PSG was the most by Liverpool goalkeeper in a Champions League match since Opta started recording data in 2003-2004.
But the dilemma facing the hole and Liverpool is whether to stick to Alison as the undisputed first option and they will download the 26 -year -old Keeler this summer; Or to play the long game, as Liverpool has successfully done in recent years, by transferring Alisson instead before they have to address the 32 -year -old contractual situation in the next 12 months.
Alisson, according to a contract until the end of next season, but Liverpool maintains the option to expand that deal for another year until June 2027. The former Roma player, who became the most expensive goalkeeper in the world when he completed a transfer of 66.8 million pounds to Anfield in July 2018, will only be 34 at the end of the season 2026-27.
But if Liverpool keeps Alison this summer, it seems certain, it will confirm Keylir’s exit, with the International Republic of Ireland, whose contract expires in 2026, and reported last September that he wanted to play football in the normal first team.
“In the past few years, I have made it clear that I want to go and be number 1 and play a week per week,” said Keeler. “The club made this decision to obtain another goalkeeper and from abroad, it seems that they made a decision to go in a different direction.
“Sometimes from the outside looks, this appears to be my 100 % decisions [to leave] But sometimes it is not always in my hands. My ambition is clear that I think I am good enough and I want to go out and prove it. “
A year ago, when Liverpool concluded a deal with Mamerdshevili, Alison was the subject of interest from the Saudi Professional Team in the league, where the player said at that time: “When you hear about the numbers that other players get to play in Saudi Arabia, you are attracted a little, and this is normal, but you did not reach the point where you were talking about devices.” “
He added: “I have a contract with Liverpool and I want to finish it, or make a new one. If it is in the club to negotiate with another club, it will be a different conversation. I am open [to Saudi Arabia]But not nowadays. “
But if the Saudi interest is re-appeared this summer, Liverpool will be a dangerous decision-especially after allowing Mohamed Salah and Virgil Van Dick and Trint Alexander-Arnold to enter the last six months of their contracts at the same time this season.
Liverpool cannot make the same mistake with Alisson, especially if the waiting game playing has an effect on forcing Kelleher to move forward. Mamerdshevili, at the same time, is the forgotten man who could be anything in Liverpool next season-the first selection, seat schools or exhibition again-if the club fails to be decisive with Alison and Kerar.
But for the hole, it only needs a decision between three distinguished goalkeepers, and this is not a bad situation in it.