Your Liverpool FC morning digest for Friday, June 9.
Alexis Mac Allister has just freed up millions in the transfer market for FSG and Liverpool
What is set to be a busy summer of transfer activity for Liverpool kicked off in earnest on Thursday with the announcement of a deal to sign Alexis Mac Allister from Brighton & Hove Albion.
The 24-year-old Argentinian international, a World Cup winner back in December, arrives at Anfield on the back of a superb stint in East Sussex, where he proved himself as an elite Premier League midfielder whose services had been courted by some of the Reds’ major rivals.
There was no transfer battle in the end, no need to keep upping offers in an attempt to gazump an opponent, as had been feared in the club’s pursuit of Jude Bellingham that they ended up stepping back from. Liverpool managed to bag the first signing of the summer for a bargain of £35m, a sum that is a fraction of what some of their rivals have spent in more recent times on players of a lesser pedigree. To put the sum into some context, it is less than relegated Leeds United paid to land striker Georginio Rutter from Hoffenheim in January.
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'Can't believe I'm saying this' - Liverpool leave rivals stunned with Alexis Mac Allister transfer deal
Liverpool have completed a deal for Alexis Mac Allister, who arrives at Anfield on the back of a hugely successful spell at Brighton.
The fee paid by the Reds for the 24-year-old remains undisclosed, though is believed to be between £35million and £45million. Given the player's age and Premier League experience, this piece of business represents a steal for Jurgen Klopp's side.
Masters of the transfer window in recent years with sporting director Michael Edwards at the helm, Liverpool will be hoping this is a trend that can continue following the recent appointment of Jorg Schmadtke. Acquiring the services of a World Cup winner at the price Liverpool have managed is certainly a step in the right direction to achieving this aim.
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