Richard Hughes prepares to take seismic Liverpool transfer decision

It promises to be a summer of immense change around Anfield.

Mohamed Salah is leaving having reached an agreement to rip up his £400k per week contract one year early.

Andy Robertson is also on his way out with the club declining to offer the £160k per week full-back a new contract.

Their exits will blow a hole in Liverpool’s leadership group - threatening to leave Arne Slot without guidance and experience in his squad. But it could get worse.

Because there is a genuine sentiment around Anfield that Alisson Becker could leave for Juventus.

Juventus want deal for Alisson

The 33-year-old has recently triggered a one-year contract clause - tying him to the Premier League champions until 2027. That development hasn’t stopped the transfer noise however.

One line of thought is that Richard Hughes renewed the Brazil No1’s deal in order ot safeguard against losing him on a free.

With Alisson now under contract for a further year Juventus would have to pay a fee - estimated between £9m and £13m to land their top goalkeeping target.

Furthermore it’s been reported that the former Roma shotstopper is intrigued by a return to the Italian top flight. Alisson made his name in European football under current Juve coach Luciano Spalletti in the capital city.

And given Juve are prepared to offer a longer contract than what he’s got on Merseyside the player’s head could be turned.

'Ball in Liverpool's court' over Alisson

Now it’s been claimed by Paul Joyce in the Times that sporting director Hughes is on the verge of a monumental transfer decision with the ball now very much is in his court.

If the exec approves an outbound deal for Alisson it will end the spell at Anfield of the club’s greatest goalkeeper of modern times.

“Juventus’s interest in signing him has hardened to the point where several sources in Italy indicate that Alisson is receptive to the prospect of moving to Turin on a longer-term deal,” the report reads.

“There is a rider that he wants to respect Liverpool and, by doing so, that places the ball firmly in the club’s court should a firm offer arrive designed to take him back to Serie A.”

Liverpool may be receptive to a sale for Alisson quite simply based on his current injury record. He is coming towards the end of another long spell out of the team owing to injury - with the net-minder’s hamstrings a particular problem.

It has opened the door to Giorgi Mamardashvili to stake a claim for the No1 spot - although the big Georgian will need to improve if he is to be the Reds’ pick in the long term.

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