{"id":2076,"date":"2018-02-02T17:52:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T16:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=2076"},"modified":"2025-03-24T19:06:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T18:06:50","slug":"real-madrid-join-liverpool-in-the-race-to-sign-as-roma-shot-stopper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/real-madrid-join-liverpool-in-the-race-to-sign-as-roma-shot-stopper\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid join Liverpool in the race to sign AS Roma shot stopper"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool are facing serious competition from Real Madrid in their quest to sign AS Roma goalkeeper Allison.<\/p>\n

The Brazilian has been hailed as the revelation of the season by some quarters of the Italian media, and nearly joined Liverpool last month.<\/p>\n

While negotiations were not made public and none of the clubs spoke about the move, it is believed that Liverpool did table a bid for his signature.<\/p>\n

The Reds are expected to return for his signature in the summer except any of their current under-pressure goalkeepers step up their game and make the number one spot at Anfield his own.<\/p>\n

However, Liverpool now faces genuine competition from Real Madrid according to Goal.<\/p>\n

com.<\/p>\n

Madrid failed to sign a goalkeeper this month, but they remain interested in Chelsea\u2019s Thibaut Courtois as well as Manchester United\u2019s David de Gea, but if they fail to land any of the Premier League duos, Allison is their 3rd<\/sup> choice.<\/p>\n

Per the reports, they could have moved for Allison last month, but they confident of signing Athletic Bilbao\u2019s number, but ultimately failed to sign the young Spaniard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Liverpool are facing serious competition from Real Madrid in their quest to sign AS Roma goalkeeper Allison. The Brazilian has been hailed as the revelation of the season by some quarters of the Italian media, and nearly joined Liverpool last month. While negotiations were not made public and none of the clubs spoke about the move, it is believed that Liverpool did table a bid for his signature. The Reds are expected to return for his signature in the summer except any of their current under-pressure goalkeepers step up their game and make the number one spot at Anfield his own. However, Liverpool now faces genuine competition from Real Madrid according to Goal. com. Madrid failed to sign a goalkeeper this month, but they remain interested in Chelsea\u2019s Thibaut Courtois as well as Manchester United\u2019s David de Gea, but if they fail to land any of the Premier League duos, Allison is their 3rd choice. Per the reports, they could have moved for Allison last month, but they confident of signing Athletic Bilbao\u2019s number, but ultimately failed to sign the young Spaniard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-transfer-news"],"yoast_head":"\nReal Madrid join Liverpool in the race to sign AS Roma shot stopper - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/real-madrid-join-liverpool-in-the-race-to-sign-as-roma-shot-stopper\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Real Madrid join Liverpool in the race to sign AS Roma shot stopper - Matchplug Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Liverpool are facing serious competition from Real Madrid in their quest to sign AS Roma goalkeeper Allison. 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