Liverpool have signed a contract to Sign Reports have confirmed this: Valencia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili.
Mamardashvili, 23, was one of Georgia's standout goalkeepers at Euro 2024 and emerged as Liverpool's preferred long-term replacement for current Anfield favourite Alisson earlier this summer.
There were reports that Mamardashvili could join Liverpool in the summer and immediately move to Bournemouth on loan, but as was first revealed BRANDAn agreement has now been reached that will allow the goalkeeper to return to Valencia with a contract for one season.
A transfer fee of around 40 million euros (33.9 million pounds), which Fabrizio Romano The initial bid is worth €35 million (£29.6 million). The agreement has been reached and Mamardashvili will now head to Merseyside to undergo a medical.
If all goes according to plan, Mamardashvili will return to Valencia immediately and officially move to Anfield next summer when Liverpool have to make a decision on the club's future ahead of Alisson's 33rd birthday.
In an open interview with The timesAlisson recently admitted that he agreed with Liverpool's decision to sign Mamardashvili.
“The club has to prepare for the future,” he said. “We won't stay here forever, I'm getting old! No, I'm still young for a goalkeeper, I have a lot of energy and I still have a lot to give to this club and I want to give the club as much as I can.”
“They will do it for other positions as well. We have so many important players whose contracts are expiring and the club needs to organize itself for the future.”
“I think it was a good idea. I knew about it [Mamardashvili] before it came out on social media and that's a good message for me because the club cares about what I think. They're doing the right thing but as far as I'm concerned, as long as I have my contract here and as long as I'm happy here, the club is happy with me and my family is happy here, I'm going to stay.”
