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Former Liverpool goalkeeper coach John Achterberghas revealed how Liverpool have been able to ensure Alisson Becker stayed at the club this summer.

Speaking to the Football Historian podcast, Achterberg said: “In the end, it was the right thing as well, because obviously Liverpool wanted to change the whole department basically.

“They were smart to at least keep Taffarel, because if they would also change Taffarel, they probably would have told Ali to find a new club basically.

“You have to be smart as well. It’s good, because Taffa’s a really good guy and it’s perfect that he’s there for them.”

He added: “Ali wanted me to stay, he wanted to keep the whole department,” Achterberg continued. The first day (Klopp’s departure came out) went out was a shock for everyone, and Ali said ‘yeah John, but I don’t want to change anything, I want to keep everything.’

“I told Ali, ‘Yeah I have the chance to do this new job.’ Ali asked me to wait with him if I could because he wanted to keep me.

“But I had the family in the house pretty early with the offer, we talked, obviously I’m joining Stevie, and I said ‘I like the idea as well, to do that.’

“He asked me to help make a goalkeeper department and try to improve the goalies. It’s a good adventure, to try creating Saudi goalies.”

“‘I understand’, I said, but when this happened, my contract was finished at the end of the season and I didn’t want to gamble on it, if you like, and hope and see what would happen.”