2023-05-21 13:38:00
The high regard they earned in the World Cup in the Argentine national team, added to the outstanding performance in their clubs, put some footballers as protagonists of resonant transfers. The first one that moved the market was at the beginning of the year: Chelsea’s hiring of Enzo Fernández for 121 million euros, a record figure for a national player. The next one would be Alexis Mac Allisterwith an amount that would place yours within the five highest negotiations for an Argentine footballer.
Mac Allister would not change country, but he would go from a club that has a good eye for detecting promises, Brighton (he assured it at the beginning of 2019 for 8 million euros for Argentines), to one who is in need of reinforcements to fight for great objectives, Liverpool. I would sign a contract until 2028with an option for one more season and a six million annual salary.
According to reliable journalistic information from Europe and Argentina, Liverpool has already reached an agreement with Mac Allister and details remain with Brighton to close a sale for €70 millionwhich would place him in fourth historical place, behind Enzo Fernández, Gonzalo Higuaín (90 million) and Ángel Di María (75).
Liverpool not a single interested partybut it was the one that advanced the most in the negotiations, and took advantage of Chelsea –Alexis is liked by Mauricio Pochettino, the next coach– and Manchester United. Whatever his fate, the midfielder who emerged in Argentinos has his days numbered at a club that has already complied with its management model: hire young people who have room for evolution, empower them and sell them with capital gains. Roberto De Zerbi, Brighton’s coach, admitted a few days ago that they can hardly retain Mac Allister since moises caicedo, the Ecuadorian who is one of the revelations of the season. In anticipation of future departures, Las Gaviotas already have from January to Facundo Good night, youthful former player of Rosario Central. “I know the policy of our club, my club, and we must be prepared to bring in other good players,” De Zerbi acknowledged.
24-year-old Mac Allister is closing his best season in professionalism, following leaving the World Cup as a key piece despite not having arrived as a starter for the selected team, and becoming one of the engines of a Brighton that has three dates ahead to confirm the stall qualification for the Europa League that you are getting
In 32 parties for the Premier League, Mac Allister scored ten goals (five were his best record, last year) y an assist. In five appearances for the FA Cup he added another two goals. Along with seven other players, he is among the nominees for the Premier League’s Best Young Player. . . . Erling Haaland, Caicedo, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli, Alexander Isak and Sven Botman are in contention for the award.
In January Klopp saw it up close: Brighton 3 vs. liverpool 0
Mac Allister will join a Liverpool that is going through one of its darkest seasons with Jürgen Klopp. Eliminated in the round of 16 of the Champions League by Real Madrid, in the Premier is quintocon tiny possibilities of access to the next Champions League; will have to settle for the Europa League. There will be a renovation of the campus, with the departures of James Milner, Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Jude Bellingham is also scheduled to improve the midfield, but Real Madrid would be better positioned by the Borussia Dortmund midfielder.
For more than a decade an Argentine soccer player has not dressed in red on the shores of Merseyside. the last one was Maximilian Rodriguezbetween 2010 and 2012. Alexis Mac Allister is the candidate to become familiar with the verses of “You’ll never walk alone”.
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