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'The Messi of goalkeepers!' - Roma's £62m superstar Alisson would make Liverpool title challengers

As Goal revealed on Tuesday, the Reds are in talks with Roma over signing the Brazil international, who would transform Jurgen Klopp's defence

Alisson Becker doesn't make many mistakes. However, shortly after joining Roma, he appeared on a Brazilian talk show and was asked if he had learned any Italian swear words.

"I said some terrible things without realising how bad they were," the goalkeeper admitted. "Once I did know, it was too late!"

Alisson would have been forgiven for relying almost exclusively on swear words during his first, frustrating year in the Italian capital.

Despite his arrival from childhood club Internacional in 2016 as Brazil’s first-choice goalkeeper, then Roma coach Luciano Spalletti stuck with Wojciech Szczesny as his No.