Liverpool face a goalkeeper crossroads as Alisson\u2019s long-term future at the club looks uncertain. The 33-year-old has been limited by injuries in each of the last three seasons and is heavily linked with a return to Serie A, with Juventus touted as a possible destination. That backdrop, and wider turnover at the club with Mohamed Salah reportedly leaving next month and Virgil van Dijk out of contract in 2027, means Liverpool must consider what comes next.<\/p>\n
The most straightforward option is the player already signed as part of the succession plan. Liverpool moved for Giorgi Mamardashvili after his displays for Georgia at Euro 2024 and secured the deal from Valencia a year ahead of time. He eventually made the switch from Valencia last summer, but a patchy first season and a poor end to 2024\u201325 have left supporters unsure he can supplant Alisson immediately. The chance to cement his claim arrived during Alisson\u2019s recent absence but Mamardashvili was injured himself. Logistically and financially he is the easier choice, though whether that would be Liverpool \u2018settling\u2019 for second best is another debate.<\/p>\n
Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s Lucas Chevalier is another name mooted. Only a year ago he was Ligue 1 Goalkeeper of the Year ahead of Gianluigi Donnarumma, and PSG paid an initial $47 million to Lille. Chevalier endured a disastrous first season with PSG, was permanently dropped at the end of January and Matfey Safonov has not relinquished the gloves. PSG could fund an approach by selling Chevalier, who might benefit from a career reset.<\/p>\n
Emiliano Mart\u00ednez has been linked with moves away before. He \u201cbasically said goodbye to Aston Villa at the end of last season,\u201d a transfer did not materialise and he stayed. The two-time Best FIFA Men\u2019s Goalkeeper hoped to join Manchester United last year but that is no longer an option. From an age perspective he is a short-term fix and is a few weeks older than Alisson, though he brings 211 Premier League appearances since 2020.<\/p>\n
Finally, there are younger Premier League-proven options. Brighton & Hove Albion\u2019s Bart Verbruggen, 23, has matched Alisson\u2019s nine clean sheets in 2025\u201326 and his side have conceded 42 goals in 35 matches. Sunderland\u2019s Robin Roefs is mentioned as a potentially more affordable alternative. \u0110or\u0111e Petrovi\u0107, back in the Premier League with Bournemouth, has one more clean sheet (10) than Verbruggen and Alisson as the Cherries chase their highest ever league finish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Five possible Alisson replacements named in reports: Mamardashvili, Chevalier, Mart\u00ednez, Verbruggen, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,1163],"tags":[355,1646],"class_list":["post-13660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liverpool","category-transfers","tag-alisson-becker","tag-mamardashvili"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}