Alisson’s path to becoming the world’s costliest goalkeeper may never have come about had his parents not been persuaded he would slim down and grow enough to succeed, his former goalkeeping coach told The Sun on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old Brazilian number one — who signed for Liverpool for a record £67million ($88million, 75million euros) from Italian side AS Roma this month — was too fond of biscuits and fizzy drinks and his parents preferred he stop football and return to his studies.
“One day his parents came looking for me, thinking he had no future in the profession and they wanted to get him out of football,” his mentor Daniel Pavan told The Sun.
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“They thought he had more future in his studies and that he should leave the club.
“But I managed to convince them Alisson was…
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