Incoming star can’t WAIT to work with Liverpool hero

One incoming star can’t wait to work with a Liverpool hero. The Reds have got something special here.

Liverpool will finally welcome Giorgi Mamardashvili to the club this summer. The goalkeeper actually signed for the Reds a year ago but it was quickly decided that a year out on loan would do him better than moving to Anfield right away.

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Initial suggestions were that Bournemouth would get Mamardashvili. Eventually, though, he remained with Valencia for another year and Liverpool are now grabbing a goalkeeper with another full La Liga campaign under his belt.

Mamardashvili only turned 24 back in September but has already got a mammoth 126 La Liga starts to his name. For comparison, Caoimhin Kelleher has 25 Premier League starts at 26.

The Reds plainly seem the Georgian as a massive upgrade and, potentially, the successor to Alisson Becker. But that’s also one of the most complicated situations facing Arne Slot and company this summer.

Mamardashvili is a starting goalkeeper but he’s simply not at Alisson’s level. Is he going to be happy as a backup, even just for now?

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Giorgi Mamardshvili on Alisson

"I’m not considering another loan move,” Mamardashvili told Geo Team in an exclusive interview. I will spend next season at Liverpool. I’ll go to Liverpool and give my all, just like I did at Valencia. I’ll work hard every single day.

"In this process, the most important things are patience, training, and dedication. Everything else will follow naturally.

"Training with Alisson will be a great experience — it will help me grow. I’ll gain a lot of valuable experience working with him."

It’s exactly what Liverpool will want to hear. The dream is to have two world-class goalkeepers fighting one another for the no.1 shirt over the next year, and for as long as Alisson wants to stick around.

And one day, Mamardashvili will take over from Alisson. That’s his destiny at Liverpool: to take on one of the most difficult jobs imaginable in replacing an all-time great.

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Until then, though, he’s ready to learn from the legend and become a far better goalkeeper as a result. It’s safe to say the future looks incredibly bright between the sticks at Liverpool.