Liverpool Sign Alexis Mac Allister, Begin Midfield Makeover
If you want to know why Liverpool FC are out of the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 2015-16, look no further than the middle of the park. Enter Alexis Mac Allister, 24, from Brighton & Hove Albion. The World Cup winner with Argentina becomes the Merseyside club’s first signing of this summer transfer window.
Liverpool neglected revamping and replenishing their midfield for too long, and thus the position group was aging and ineffective this past season.
With plenty of defections in the position group, and elsewhere, the Anfield outfit will look to do a midfield makeover this summer,. Alexis Mac Allister, who scored 12 goals and registered three assists for the Seagulls this season, is just the start.
He became a top priority target for Liverpool, once they gave up on Borussia Dortmund’s Jude Bellingham, who signed with Real Madrid.
“It feels amazing. It’s a dream come true, it’s amazing to be here and I can’t wait to get started,” Mac Allister said to the club’s official site.
“I wanted to be in [from] the first day of preseason, so it’s good that everything is done. I’m looking forward to meeting my teammates.
“It was a fantastic year for me — World Cup, what we achieved with Brighton — but now it’s time to think about Liverpool and try to be a better player and a better human being every day.”
Next season will be the first in which Brighton play European football, and Alexis Mac Allister had a huge part in helping to secure that.
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Liverpool’s summer transfer window is well underway after the announcement of the signing of Alexis Mac Allister yesterday. And the Reds are not stopping at the Argentine World Cup winner.
They are also being linked with moves for French duo Khephren Thuram and Manu Kone, with talks reportedly underway with representatives of both players.
Spani rising star Gabri Veiga is also a player on Liverpool’s radar as more midfield signings are set to be made.
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21:21Charlotte Coates
Mac Allister on number 10
Alexis Mac Allister is Liverpool’s new number 10 after the Reds confirmed his signing on Thursday morning.
“I know how important the No.10 is in football. I had the possibility to take the No.8 as well, which is a big number for this club because of [Steven] Gerrard, of course. But I decided for No.10 because I used it a lot of times in Argentina, in Brighton, U23s national team as well. It’s a number that I really like and that’s why I chose it.”
Liverpool’s new signing, Alexis Mac Allister
21:04Charlotte Coates
Talks underway
Liverpool are not stopping at the signing of Alexis Mac Allister as French duo Khephren Thuram and Manu Kone are next on the list for Jurgen Klopp.
Reports suggest that Liverpool are close to agreeing personal terms with both players as fees are now needed to be agreed with Nice and Gladbach.
Stay tuned for more throughout the day.
Liverpool could target Kephrem Thuram and Manu Kone after sealing the signing of Alexis Mac Allister
20:58Charlotte Coates
Good morning!
Good morning Liverpool fans and welcome back to our dedicated LIVE blog as the transfer window is days away from opening.
Stay tuned for the latest transfer information throughout this sunny Friday.