AS Roma boss Eusebio Di Francesco is hoping to meet Liverpool in next season’s Champions League so they can inflict pain on former goalkeeper Alisson.
The 25-year-old Brazilian shot-stopper recently ended a two-year association with the Serie A club after relocating to Anfield for a reported £67m – a record fee paid for a goalkeeper.
Naturally, his departure comes as a blow for the I Giallorossi, who reached the Champions League semi-final last season only to be eliminated by Liverpool, and Di Francesco wants to kill two birds with one stone.
“We hope to meet him in the Champions League and beat him, like I told him today when he came to say goodbye,” he said (via Liverpool Echo).
Since joining from boyhood club Internacional in 2016 the native of Novo Hamburgo bided his time before attaining Roma’s number one jersey.
Once in possession he never looked back, ultimately making 64 appearances across the last two seasons, and keeping 26 clean sheets in the process (40.6% success rate).
In those outings, Alisson would ship in 66 goals (one every 87 minutes) or 1.03 per game. His performances attracted the attention of many, but in the end, Liverpool won his signature, with him becoming the Reds fourth major arrival this summer following Naby Keita, Fabinho and Xherdan Shaqiri.
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