Liverpool announce first January transfer as significant sell-on clause revealed

Liverpool person confirmed that 22-year-old goalkeeper Marcelo Pitaluga has near the nine to rejoin Brazilian outfit Fluminense connected a imperishable deal.

The 2002-born shot-stopper came done the Fluminense younker strategy earlier joining Liverpool successful a €750k (£623k) woody successful 2020, rapidly becoming a regular for the Reds' Under-21s.

Pitaluga made the seat connected a fistful of occasions for the archetypal squad - astir precocious their 2-1 Europa League nonaccomplishment to Union SG successful December 2023 - but helium ne'er made a elder quality for the Merseyside giants.

The 22-year-old was loaned retired 3 times to Macclesfield Town, St Pat's and Livingston, joining the Scottish broadside successful the summertime transportation window, but helium lone made 2 appearances for the Lions.

With Alisson Becker, Caoimhin Kelleher and Vitezslav Jaros presently blocking his way to the archetypal squad - arsenic good arsenic the imminent accomplishment of Giorgi Mamardashvili from Valencia - Pitaluga has present returned to Fluminense connected a escaped transfer, though James Pearce of The Athletic claims that the Reds volition clasp a hefty 40% sell-on clause.

"Goalkeeper Marcelo Pitaluga has agreed a imperishable transportation from Liverpool to erstwhile nine Fluminense, taxable to planetary clearance," Liverpool said successful a statement.

"The Brazilian is acceptable to bid farewell to the Reds aft a spell of much than 4 years, successful which helium was named successful the elder matchday squad connected 7 occasions. Everyone astatine LFC wishes Marcelo the champion of luck for the future."

Could Liverpool fto immoderate different players permission this month?

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Pitaluga is the archetypal but perchance not the past retired of the Anfield doorway this month, arsenic Liverpool are inactive astatine hazard of losing Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk connected escaped transfers astatine the extremity of the season.

Offers for Van Dijk and Salah person not been forthcoming, but Real Madrid are present said to person made their archetypal attack for Alexander-Arnold, which was instantly rejected by Liverpool arsenic they effort to necktie him down to a caller deal.

Alexander-Arnold responded to Real Madrid's expected archetypal bid with a disappointing display successful Sunday's 2-2 Premier League gully with Manchester United, albeit 1 that is not expected to deter Los Blancos from making different move.

Carlo Ancelotti's broadside volition apt beryllium met with the acold enarthrosis again, but if it becomes wide that Alexander-Arnold volition not motion a caller contract, it volition beryllium intriguing to spot whether Liverpool effort to recoup a interest this period oregon let a subordinate successful his premier to permission for free.

The Reds person welcomed a imaginable Alexander-Arnold successor backmost to the nine this period successful Calvin Ramsay, whose indebtedness spell from Wigan Athletic was chopped short, but helium is expected to beryllium sent elsewhere for different impermanent spell distant from the club.

Further up the field, out-of-favour attacker Federico Chiesa is being heavy linked with a indebtedness instrumentality to Serie A, though his cause has since changeable down rumours that helium could permission Liverpool this month.

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