Liverpool Reportedly Agree Deal for Fluminense Goalkeeper

The Reds are close to wrapping up a £1.8M deal for 17-year-old
Brazilian stopper Marcelo Pitaluga

Liverpool’s goalkeeping situation, at least in the
short- to medium-term, seems quite thoroughly settled. After all,
with Alisson Becker, they’ve got arguably the best goalkeeper in
the world between the sticks.

That doesn’t mean they aren’t thinking about the future, at
least according to reports out of Brazil that claim the Reds have
agreed a £1.8M deal (with a 25% sell-on fee) with Fluminense for
17-year-old Marcelo Pitaluga.

In Brazil, Liverpool have been linked with the
youngster—currently the understudy to Muriel Becker, Alisson’s
brother—since the start of the year, with local reports claiming
coronavirus has in fact expedited the deal.

Another factor at play is that Pitaluga has two years left on
his youth contract and a German passport—and that means he can now
play anywhere in Europe, though Brexit could change the equation
for England.

With Fluminense in need of money and the Becker connection,
then, Pitaluga appears headed to Liverpool, though it’s said the
expectation is that he will be allowed to develop for a good five
or six seasons.

Over that much time certainly a lot can change, but if Liverpool
are spending £1.8M to bring in a 17-year-old goalkeeper
with an eye to five or six years down the road, one imagines the
club think very highly of him.