{"id":574340,"date":"2026-05-09T07:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T07:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/574340\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T07:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T07:27:12","slug":"arne-slot-wants-the-best-goalkeeper-in-the-world-as-fsg-hold-talks-with-e50m-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/574340\/","title":{"rendered":"Arne Slot wants \u2018the best goalkeeper in the world\u2019 as FSG hold \u2018talks\u2019 with \u20ac50m star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool are keeping tabs on Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, according to a report, as the Reds\u2019 owners, Fenway Sports Group (FSG), could bring Atalanta midfielder Ederson to Anfield in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/alisson-becker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alisson Becker<\/a> is the number one goalkeeper at Liverpool and is one of the best in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Although <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> triggered the option to extend his stay at Anfield, there is a distinct possibility that Alisson could leave for Juventus this summer.<\/p>\n<p>TEAMtalk\u2019s transfer insider, Graeme Bailey, reported on April 26 that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/liverpool-rocked-alisson-intrigued-juventus-move-swap-proposal-in-play-sources\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alisson is \u2018intrigued\u2019 by the prospect of a move to Juventus<\/a>, who have already offered him a two-year contract with the option to extend it by a further 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Graeme Bailey subsequently reported on April 28 that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/transfer-news-diogo-costa-signing-eyed-three-premier-league-stars-assessed-exclusive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool are looking at potential replacements for Alisson<\/a>, with James Trafford of Manchester City among those on the Reds\u2019 radar.<\/p>\n<p>Sources have told us that Liverpool are not completely convinced that Giorgi Mamardashvili could step up to be the number one should Alisson leave.<\/p>\n<p>That has now been backed by <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tuttojuve.com\/calciomercato\/liverpool-c-e-una-rivoluzione-che-interessa-la-juventus-777265\" target=\"_blank\">TuttoJuve<\/a>, with the Juventus-centric Italian news outlet also reporting that Alisson could leave Arne Slot\u2019s Liverpool for the Bianconeri.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool eye Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez<\/p>\n<p>TuttoJuve has also reported Liverpool\u2019s interest in Aston Villa goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/emiliano-martinez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emiliano Martinez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While claiming that the Reds have taken a shine to Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s Lucas Chevalier, it has noted: \u2018But Liverpool is also keeping a close eye on the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Among the players being monitored is Emiliano Martinez, a World Cup winner with Argentina and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/aston-villa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aston Villa\u2019s<\/a> leader.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Martinez, a 2022 World Cup winner with Argentina, is 33 years of age and is one of Villa\u2019s best and most important players.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2025, Villa manager Unai Emery described Martinez as \u2018the best goalkeeper in the world\u2019, as quoted on <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/cdx2qllxl4qo\" target=\"_blank\">BBC Sport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Want more breaking transfer lines from original sources? Add TEAMtalk\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=teamtalk.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">as a preferred source on Google\u00a0<\/a>to your favourites list for news you can trust.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool in \u2018talks\u2019 to sign Ederson<\/p>\n<p>Graeme Bailey has reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/arsenal\/arsenal-ederson-atalanta-andrea-berta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool are among the clubs that are trying to sign Ederson from Atalanta<\/a> in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>Atalanta want \u20ac50million (\u00a343.2m, $59m) for the Brazil international defensive midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>Atletico Madrid had been keen on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/ederson-silva\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ederson<\/a>, but the Spanish club do not want to pay the asking price and are now close to agreeing on a deal with Wolves for Joao Gomes.<\/p>\n<p>This has allowed clubs such as Liverpool to make their move for Ederson.<\/p>\n<p>Sources have told us that Ederson\u2019s agents have \u2018held talks within the last 10 days\u2019 with Liverpool, as well as with Manchester City, Arsenal and Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool face PSG competition for Anthony Gordon<\/p>\n<p>Sources have told Graeme Bailey that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/anthony-gordon-psg-join-bayern-hunt-for-newcastle-star-liverpool-arsenal-implications\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool are now facing competition from Paris Saint-Germain for Anthony Gordon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool are one of the clubs keen on a 2026 summer deal for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/anthony-gordon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gordon<\/a>, who is likely to leave Newcastle United at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern Munich and Arsenal, too, are keeping tabs on the England international winger.<\/p>\n<p>We now understand that PSG, who will face Arsenal in the final of the Champions League this season, are keen on Gordon, too.<\/p>\n<p>Sources have told us that Gordon would be open to playing abroad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/fsg-four-player-midfielder-wishlist-man-utd-target-baleba-ligue-1-pair-wanted\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool draw up four-player midfielder wishlist with Man Utd target, Ligue 1 pair WANTED \u2013 Exclusive<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool are keeping tabs on Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, according to a report, as the Reds\u2019 owners,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[42326,46085,2604,182594,17195,218,448,708,221,101,110,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-574340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-all-the-news","tag-anthony-gordon","tag-aston-villa","tag-ederson-silva","tag-emiliano-martinez","tag-football","tag-front-page","tag-liverpool","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-transfer-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}