{"id":913071,"date":"2026-04-23T10:23:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/913071\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:23:16","slug":"liverpool-icon-verbally-agrees-juventus-move-30m-replacement-coming-from-man-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/913071\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool: Icon &#8216;verbally agrees&#8217; Juventus move; \u00a330m replacement coming from Man City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool icon, Alisson Becker, has verbally agreed personal terms with Juventus, with reports revealing what happens now \u2013 including plans to sign a Manchester City ace as his successor.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/alisson-becker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Alisson<\/strong> <\/a>is a bona fide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/liverpool\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Liverpool <\/strong><\/a>legend and if he never played another game for the club, he\u2019s already done enough to be considered one of Liverpool\u2019s three greatest goalkeepers ever. Ray Clemence and Bruce Grobbelaar have Brazilian company in that top three.<\/p>\n<p>However, now aged 33 and with injury absences frustratingly frequent, we might be nearing the end of Alisson\u2019s spectacular spell on Merseyside.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Robertson and Mohamed Salah \u2013 also Liverpool legends \u2013 are leaving in the summer. Reports of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-star-transfer-agreement-not-happy-reds-teammate-exit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Alisson agreeing to join Juventus on Wednesday<\/strong><\/a> have now been backed up by reliable reporter, Matteo Morreto.<\/p>\n<p>The journalist \u2013 who works closely with Fabrizio Romano \u2013 <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MatteMoretto\/status\/2046968886612857185\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on X<\/a>: \u201cVerbal agreement between Juventus and Alisson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the coming weeks, Liverpool\u2019s stance on a possible departure of the Brazilian goalkeeper will become clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soon after, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/2046968910528815232\" target=\"_blank\">Romano <\/a>confirmed Alisson is Juve\u2019s \u2018dream\u2019 target, and that Liverpool will hold talks with the representatives of both Alisson and Giorgi Mamardashvili in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Should Liverpool decide the time is right to cash in, one would expect Mamardashvili would assume the role of regular starter. Indeed, that was the whole point of bringing the giant Georgian to the club.<\/p>\n<p>But according to the latest from <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/lists\/liverpool-chelsea-lead-chase-james-trafford-tranfer-man-city-goalkeeper-gianluigi-donnarumma\/blt0beff432ffe610b9\" target=\"_blank\">Goal<\/a>, Liverpool have now \u2018declared interest\u2019 in Man City\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/james-trafford\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>James Trafford<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>James Trafford could replace Alisson at Liverpool<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old is itching to get away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-city\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Man City<\/strong><\/a> after spending a season playing second fiddle to Gianluigi Donnarumma.<\/p>\n<p>Trafford was originally brought back to City with the intention of being the starter. However, City couldn\u2019t resist signing Donnarumma when the opportunity arose, thus cementing Trafford to a campaign of sporadic appearances.<\/p>\n<p>He has performed to an exceedingly high level when called upon, most notably in the Carabao Cup final victory over Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>However, Trafford is firm in the belief he should be a regular starter and is open to leaving to make that a reality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE LIVERPOOL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<br \/><\/strong>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/yan-diomande-wants-to-join-liverpool-from-rb-leipzig\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\u20ac100m star \u2018excited\u2019 to join Liverpool and replace Mohamed Salah<\/strong><\/a><br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-tempted-slot-mac-allister-seven-man-exodus\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Liverpool \u2018tempted\u2019 to sell Slot starter as part of \u2018seven-man Anfield exodus\u2019<\/strong><\/a><br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-liverpool-star-clutch-moment-resolves-two-issues-man-utd-repeat\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Liverpool star\u2019s latest clutch moment resolves two issues but could precede Man Utd manager repeat<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Crucially, our colleagues over on TEAMtalk have been informed Man City won\u2019t stand in his way, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/james-trafford-juventus-interest-alisson-plan-b-man-city-star-transfer-choice-exclusive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>a deal can be struck if bids of around \u00a330m are received<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool are by no means the only side taking a look at Trafford. Chelsea too have matched Liverpool by \u2018declaring interest\u2019 in the stopper, while Aston Villa, Tottenham, Brighton, Leeds United and Newcastle are also circling.<\/p>\n<p>With regards to Liverpool, a deal would appear to hinge on two factors \u2013 Alisson leaving this summer and promising Trafford he\u2019ll be the No 1 ahead of Mamardashvili.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/premier-league-extraordinary-xi-earning-less-leicester-best-paid-player\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>An extraordinary XI of Prem stars on lower salaries than Leicester\u2019s highest-paid player<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool icon, Alisson Becker, has verbally agreed personal terms with Juventus, with reports revealing what happens now \u2013&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8815],"tags":[2654,748,393,4884,225,62012,179,886,12,101,16,15],"class_list":["post-913071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-liverpool","tag-alisson-becker","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-home-page","tag-james-trafford","tag-liverpool","tag-manchester-city","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116453533809392884","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}