£62m KOP KEEPER

Liverpool record bid for Alisson

LIVERPOOL have made a world record £62million bid for Roma’s Alisson in an attempt to end their goalkeeping troubles.

Brazilian international Alisson has long been the man Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp wants to replace Loris Karius.

Chelsea also covet him but Liverpool have moved first. The bid, according to sources in Italy, is £53m with £9m in add-ons.

It dwarfs the current record for a No 1, which was set when Manchester City landed £35m Ederson — 25-year-old Alisson’s compatriot — from Benfica last summer.

However, even £62m is unlikely to convince Roma’s canny sporting director Monchi to sell.

Roma faced a financial squeeze earlier this summer, following their punishment for breach of financial fair play rules in 2015, but this was eased when they sold Radja Nainggolan to Inter Milan in June.

Yet Klopp is desperate to replace Karius, who made two key mistakes in the Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid in May.

Meanwhile, Liverpool’s 18-year-old forward Rhian Brewster has ended speculation about his future by signing what is believed to be a five-year contract at the club.