Liverpool confirm world-record Alisson signing for £67m from Roma on five-year deal

Roma confirmed the deal was for an initial fee of €62.5m (£55.9m), with a number of performance-related clauses adding up to an additional €10m (£8.95m), meaning it smashes the record for a goalkeeper, surpassing the £34.7m Manchester City paid for Ederson last summer.

"I'm really happy, it's a dream come true to wear such a prestigious shirt for a club of this size that is used to always winning," Alisson told liverpoolfc.com.

"In terms of my life and my career, it's a huge step for me being part of this club and this family. You can be certain that I'll give my all."

The Brazilian’s arrival at Anfield relegates Loris Karius and Simon Mignolet in Jurgen Klopp’s plans, while fellow Reds shot-stopper Danny Ward is reportedly in talks with Leicester.

Klopp said: "At one point in the last few weeks it came up, the opportunity to sign one of the world’s best goalkeepers - then it’s not a long thought, to be honest, it’s only that you need to have a little talk with the owners! They were quite excited, so we did it.

“I think it’s something we have to do. He has nothing to do with the price, we have nothing to do with the price, it’s the market, that’s how it is and we will not think a lot about it.

“It shows the value of goalkeepers, of course, in this moment. It will happen a lot in the next few weeks I guess and that’s it, so we are really happy to have him here now.

Alisson featured 49 times for Roma last season, including their 7-6 aggregate defeat to Liverpool in the Champions League semi-finals.

“That game [at Anfield] definitely did have an influence but I also watched other games. I’ve seen other games where I could see the way Klopp had the team playing," Alisson added.

“That has made me really excited to be part of this group. Apart from the fact that the club is massive, the players that have come through here and the titles won, hopefully I can play a part in the history being created here, win titles and be a part of the project that has been developed here in the past few years so we can see Liverpool rise once again.”

The 25-year-old was also Brazil’s No 1 for the World Cup, playing every minute of their campaign, which came to an end in the quarter-finals to Belgium.

Alisson had kept three clean sheets in Russia prior to that 2-1 Belgium defeat, while he recorded 17 cleans sheets from 37 Serie A games last season.