Liverpool have completed their first move of the January transfer window, with goalkeeper Marcelo Pitaluga leaving the club.
The 22-year-old stopper has sealed a return to his homeland with Fluminense after four years at Anfield, where he failed to make a first-team appearance after arriving as a teenager in a ÂŁ1.8million transfer.
He was loaned out to Macclesfield, Irish side St. Patrick's Athletic and Scottish club Livingston. And although he featured in a number of matchday squads for the Reds, his time at the club has been cut short, with a return to his old side.
A club statement said: “Everyone at LFC wishes Marcelo the best of luck for the future.”
Much of the focus on Liverpool at the moment – ​​especially what fans are watching – is on the trio of Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold. All three are out of contract this summer.
England international Alexander-Arnold has been heavily linked with a summer move to Real Madrid on a free transfer, although the Spanish giants have attempted to complete a January deal as an ÂŁ18million bid was made at the start of the window rejected.
Questions have been asked as to whether he has turned his head after a disappointing weekend against Manchester United, where he was at fault for United's opening 2-2 draw at Anfield and was generally poor, and well below the high standards remained that he had. has set itself.
But Van Dijk is not worried
“I think it's fine. Trent has his own people around him, his family and we are there too,” he said. “He wants to perform as well as possible, like we all do. That is the main focus. In my opinion, maybe ask him, that is the distraction… the game.”
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