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Liverpool team news: Jurgen Klopp confirms Alisson debut
LIVERPOOL boss Jurgen Klopp has confirmed Alisson will make his debut for the club in Saturday’s friendly with Napoli in Dublin.
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Following his £65million move from Roma, Alisson missed Liverpool’s week-long tour of America as he rested after the World Cup.
But the Brazil No 1 has linked up his new team-mates for the first time at their training camp in France this week.
And Klopp says he is ready to throw the world’s most expensive goalkeeper straight into action.
He told Liverpoolfc.com: “It’s pretty likely [he’ll make his debut]. We should not waste time. Then it’ll be nearly a week, or six days in training, since he [started] and yes, he will play.”
Klopp then expressed his happiness at how the goalkeeper has settled in so far.
He said: “I'm very pleased [to be able to work with him], but first of all it’s very important he can start now because the season starts in one and half weeks."
“Each player in the world needs training and time to adapt to his mates.
“We have two games to do that before we start, so it’s really good.
“He obviously has a real presence, he’s smart, he’s very nice and it’s good to have him around.
“It’s only positive, even the performances in training – which is not too important in the beginning – are already exceptional, so all good.”