Liverpool announce the signing of Marcelo Pitaluga

Liverpool have announced the signing of young goalkeeper Marcelo Pitaluga from Fluminense in a statement on the club’s official website. The 17-year-old played a key role in his country Brazil last year as they won the U17 World Cup. Now the teenager will officially join the Reds. He’s quoted by the club’s website saying: “I saw him for the first time in the World Cup squad. You’re checking all the goalies and looking at the ages. You see that he was in the World Cup squad one year younger than the rest of the squad, then you think that’s worth a look because normally you have two goalkeepers of the same age, but if you have someone who is a year younger you think he may have some good attributes. “He was at Fluminense; we got some games to look at, all the other goalie coaches also look at it – Jack [Robinson] and the Academy coaches Mark [Morris] and Taff [Neil Edwards]. And, of course, I speak to the gaffer and the rest of the coaching department here.” “In Fluminense we had Allan [on loan], so I spoke to Julian [Ward, loan pathways and football partnerships manager] if he saw a little bit of him in training there. He saw him too and was also positive.”

Welcome to the Reds, Marcelo Pitaluga 🙌🔴

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) October 8, 2020

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