Liverpool have made their position unambiguous on Alisson Becker’s future, telling the goalkeeper directly that he is central to their plans for next season and effectively instructing him to reject Juventus’s overtures.
Fabrizio Romano confirmed: “Liverpool told Alisson ‘we want you to stay, we want you to be our goalkeeper, we believe in you.'”
Romano added: “Now, probably the only way for him to go to Juventus is if he goes to Liverpool and says ‘let me go, I want to go’. In that case, we will see, but Liverpool’s position is they want him to stay and continue.”
Tuttosport reported that Juventus director Damien Comolli submitted an opening offer of just €5 million to Liverpool, a figure that sits so far below Alisson’s actual value that it reads more as a negotiating probe than a serious bid for a goalkeeper of his calibre.
Personal terms between Alisson and Juventus are reportedly agreed at €4.5 million per season across three years, according to Corriere dello Sport, meaning the sticking point is purely a club-to-club transfer fee that the Italian side are seemingly reluctant to pay at any premium level.
A clause in Alisson’s contract automatically activated when he reached a certain number of appearances, extending his Anfield deal to 2027, which means Liverpool currently hold firm legal and contractual control over the situation regardless of the player’s personal interest in a return to Italy.
Sky Sports Merseyside reporter Vinny O’Connor confirmed Alisson is “expected to remain a Liverpool player next season,” adding a second credible British voice to the position Romano had already outlined earlier in the week.
Liverpool are simultaneously planning for a summer of significant attacking upheaval following Salah’s departure, and losing their first-choice goalkeeper at the same time would compound an already demanding reconstruction task in a way the club is clearly determined to prevent.
Goal Italia has pushed back against the settled narrative, reporting that Juventus are “working to finalise the deal they’ve been finalising for weeks with the Anfield club,” suggesting the Italian side believe the negotiation is less closed than Liverpool’s public statements imply.
That tension between Liverpool’s official posture and Juventus’s ongoing optimism suggests Alisson’s own preferences remain an active variable in this situation, even if expressing them publicly would create a difficult internal dynamic with his club.
The 33-year-old remains one of the best goalkeepers in the world on his day, and Arne Slot’s personal investment in keeping him is the clearest signal that Liverpool view his departure as a footballing setback rather than simply a financial opportunity.
The window opens June 15, and the pace at which Alisson either commits publicly to Liverpool or requests a conversation about his future will determine whether this story evolves beyond the current stalemate.
