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Alisson's Motivation for Joining Liverpool Explained as Brazilian Keeper Flies in for Medical

With Liverpool on the brink of completing the transfer of Alisson from Roma, it has been revealed that the Brazilian was in favour of a move to Anfield ever since the two clubs met in the Champions League semi-finals in April.

Alisson travelled from Italy to England today and is expected to take a medical tomorrow morning ahead of a £66.8m (€75m) move - a world record fee for a goalkeeper.

Although the deal was only agreed this week, the move can be traced back to when Roma visited Anfield in April. They lost 5-2 and were eliminated from the competition despite a 4-2 win back in Rome.