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Roma Confirm Departure of Alisson With Liverpool Set to Complete World Record Signing on 5-Year Deal

AS Roma have confirmed the departure of Brazilian star Alisson to Liverpool, ending a long-running transfer saga and breaking the world record fee paid for a goalkeeper.

The record-breaking fee is believed to stand at €75m including add-ons, with the 25-year-old signing a five-year deal at Anfield to usurp Simon Mignolet, Loris Karius, Danny Ward and Adam Bogdan in the Merseyside club's disrupted pecking order.

The trail on the long-running saga went quiet over the World Cup, with Alisson at the tournament with Brazil, but a phone call with Jurgen Klopp on Tuesday followed by a flurry of negotiations saw things move along rapidly.