After his first season as Szczesny's backup, Roma current number 1 Alisson Becker is showing his quality and he has rapidly become one of the best, if not the best performance-wise, goalkeepers in Serie A. His first breaktrough in professional football happened in 2013, when Brazilian side Internacional chose him to replace his injured brother Muriel, five years older than him and also a goalkeeper. After five years, Alisson is the starting goalkeeper in Serie A for Roma and Muriel plays in Portuguese Liga NOS with Belenenses: "We grew up together, our father was a goalkeeper too - Muriel says to Corriere dello Sport - At the beginning I was the first choice goalkeeper, but only because I was older than him. Real Madrid made a 60 million bid for him? It's his agent that take care of these things. Only God knows our future, right now my brother thinks only about the present and he is very focused on Roma. He is probably the best keeper around right now. Moving to a top club would be great, but he and his family feel well in Rome. Also, he is a very grateful guy, he is aware of the fact that a great deal of his success is due to the Giallorossi that took a risk investing in him. He won't go against Roma, he doesn't care about money. He would leave only if Roma got a good deal from it too", concludes Muriel.
Date: 21/03/2018 -