Liverpool have reached an agreement sign Valencia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, reports have confirmed.
Mamardashvili, 23, was one of the standout goalkeepers at Euro 2024 with Georgia and emerged earlier this summer as Liverpool’s preferred long-term replacement for current Anfield favorite Alisson.
There had been reports that Mamardashvili might join Liverpool this summer and immediately moves to Bournemouth on loan but, as he revealed for the first time MARCan agreement has now been agreed which will mean the goalkeeper’s return to Valencia with a contract for the whole season.
A fee of around €40m (£33.9m), which Fabrizio Romano add an initial fee of €35m (£29.6m), it has been agreed and Mamardashvili is now heading to Merseyside for a medical.
If all goes to plan, Mamardashvili will immediately return to Valencia and make the formal switch to Anfield next summer, when Liverpool will have to make a decision on Alisson’s future before his 33rd birthday.
In an open interview with The TimesAlisson recently confessed that he agreed with Liverpool’s decision to pursue Mamardashvili.
“The club has to prepare for the future,” he said. “We won’t last here forever, I’m getting old! No, for a goalkeeper I’m still young, I have a lot of energy and I still have a lot to give for this club and I want to give the club as much as I can.
“They will also do it for different positions. We have so many important players out of contract and the club has to organize for the future.
“I think it was a good idea. I knew (Mamardashvili) before I went out on social media and this is a good message for me, because the club cares what I think. They are doing the right thing, but for me “As long as I have my contract here and as long as I am happy here, the club is happy with me, my family is happy here, I will stay.”
