Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has insisted that his club did not pay over the odds for Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson Becker in this summer's transfer window.
The Reds parted with £67m to secure the services of the 25-year-old, who will replace Loris Karius as the club's number one goalkeeper for the 2018-19 campaign.
However, Klopp has claimed that the fact Atletico Madrid stopper Jan Oblak has a release clause of £89m means that Liverpool did not pay over the true value of Roma's Alisson.
"Everybody thinks it's a lot of money. It is a lot of money, but he could've left for crazy money," Klopp told ESPN. "The clause for Oblak, for example, is €100m (£89m), so nice! The goalkeeper market is different because it's not each year that there is anybody available.
"We didn't know exactly if Alisson is available or not, but from a specific moment we realised obviously he is available and that's the moment when we decided we want to go for him."
Liverpool will continue their preparations for the 2018-19 campaign with a pre-season friendly against bitter rivals Manchester United on Saturday night.
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