Sky Sports and Guardian journalist Fabrizio Romano has posted a tweet that has delighted Liverpool fans, on the eve of a blockbuster transfer for Roma goalkeeper Alisson.
With the player reportedly heading to Liverpool for a medical after a world-record fee was agreed, Romano quoted Roma’s director of football Monchi, who said: “Alisson-Liverpool deal will be official soon”.
He added that Roma decided to sell after Liverpool placed their world-record bid.
Romano posted the tweet on his personal Twitter page on Thursday morning.
https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1019893493026705408
Here are the reactions from football fans to the words from Monchi:
One Arsenal fan said that Monchi had skinned Liverpool alive if the reported £67million fee is true.
He said that Liverpool were desperate and Roma took advantage.
One Liverpool fan said that they would have been charged over £50million wherever they went, and the Arsenal fan conceded that Liverpool had no choice but that it was smart business from Roma.
https://twitter.com/AFCTAYFUN/status/1019894292024844288
https://twitter.com/AFCTAYFUN/status/1019899680707182592
Any body would charge us over 50 mil for a goalkeeper knowing we need one so badly. So might as well pay whatever for the one we actually want if the player is willing
— Sayan Ganguly (@zayangang) July 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/AFCTAYFUN/status/1019904811016314880
One Chelsea fan was seemingly upset that his side hadn’t bought Alisson, saying that the deal turns Liverpool into a top-two team. He even went as far as to say he was backing them to win the league if Klopp could work his magic.
This signing genuinely turns Liverpool into a top 2 team. I'm backing them to win the league if their squad can gel quickly together. #PremierLeague #Liverpool #Alisson
— Jake Bruni (@JBruni12) July 19, 2018
Another fan applauded Roma’s business acumen, saying it was incredible business to buy him for £7million in 2016 and sell him for £67million.
However, a Liverpool fan pointed out that Liverpool had bought Philipp Coutinho for £8million and sold him for £142million.
https://twitter.com/myfootballtrial/status/1019894501404536833
https://twitter.com/K4M20/status/1019895659900567552
After being bated by one fan, who said Liverpool didn’t know who Alisson was and that he wasn’t a good goalie and played in a bad league, one Liverpool fan had the mic-dropping finale, and accused the fan of being a bitter Chelsea supporter.
https://twitter.com/PaulLFCno2/status/1019907008911302661
