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He has, however, kept two consecutive clean sheets so far and he would be hoping to keep that form as they head into a very important moment in their season.<\/p>\n
Roma have been made aware of the interest of the European heavyweights on Allison and the Italians have reportedly set an asking price of \u00a362 million for the Brazilian. This figure would make him the world’s most expensive goalkeeper by some distance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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