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‘Alisson is everything a modern goalkeeper needs to be’ – Liverpool star lauded by Buffon

Alisson is “everything a modern goalkeeper needs to be”, says Gianluigi Buffon, with a legendary figure at Paris Saint-Germain suggesting that Liverpool have landed themselves quite the player.

The Reds moved to address their issues between the sticks over the summer during a window of big spending.

Jurgen Klopp invested £65 million ($83m) in a new No. 1, with the transfer record for a goalkeeper briefly broken before Premier League rivals at Chelsea went and topped that deal when signing Kepa Arrizabalaga.

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Alisson may not top that chart, but Juventus icon and World Cup winner Buffon believes the Brazilian ticks all of the boxes when it comes to the art of keeping in 2018.