Liverpool aimed to strengthen in several positions, including attacker, centre-back and defensive midfielder, but the most immediate reinforcement in the summer transfer window was Georgian goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili. He will stay and play for Valencia this season and will officially join the club next year.
Apart from the 23-year-old goalkeeper, who is expected to be the long-term successor to Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson Becker, Liverpool also made an approach. According to French outlet L’Equipe, the French club had been in contact with Lyon’s 34-year-old goalkeeper Anthony Lopez.
The 26-year-old Brazilian goalkeeper Lucas Perri, who joined the club midway through last season, has been promoted to the first team this season, although he was a defender until last season. At the moment, he is not getting any action in Ligue 1 and is beginning to spend more and more games off the bench.
After receiving interest from Liverpool, the veteran former Portuguese goalkeeper has decided to stay at Parc Olympique Lyon in order to get back into the No.1 position. However, the player, who has fallen down the pecking order, admits that had he been approached at the last minute of the transfer deadline, a different story could have begun.
Ireland goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher is likely to leave next summer, and 23-year-old Czech goalkeeper Vitezslav Jaros is unlikely to remain happily in a team where he is not expected to be a regular contender, and a major reshuffle could take place in the summer of 2025.
With the first and second positions already decided, Liverpool need a third goalkeeper, but it is inevitable that they will look to more experienced veterans than talented ones, as the position is almost exclusively a training one with no game time, and a Spanish goalkeeper like Adrian, who was with the club until last season, would help the team.
So is there a future for Liverpool to make another move to secure a veteran goalkeeper from France, in addition to the world’s top-ranked goalkeepers in Alisson and Mamardashvili?