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Alisson Says He Cried After Leaving Roma for Liverpool in the Summer

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson has said the decision to leave Roma to join the Reds this summer left him in tears.

The Premier League side paid a then-world-record fee for a 'keeper to land the Brazil international ahead of the current campaign following on from an exceptional 2017-18 with the Serie A side.

Speaking ahead of Liverpool's UEFA Champions League meeting with Napoli on Wednesday, Alisson said the choice to leave the Italian capital was a hard one for him and his family, per Gazzetta dello Sport (h/t Glenn Price of ESPN FC):

"Leaving Rome was difficult.