Jurgen Klopp Arrival Alexis Mac Allister

Liverpool's new midfielder Alexis MacAllister. (Photo: Twitter/@liverpoolfc)

JAKARTA - Liverpool successfully recruited Alexis Mac Allister on a long-term contract. The player's transfer fee from Brighton and Hove Albion is kept secret.

Mac Allister became Liverpool's first signing in the transfer market this summer. Reds manager Jurgen Klopp enthusiastically welcomed him.

"We add very talented, very intelligent, very technically skilled players to our team and this is great news, really," Klopp said, quoted on the club's official website.

Klopp admitted that he did not need to explain much about the ability of the 24-year-old player because the quality of the player was already known.

"I don't think the world of football needs me to say too much about Alexis' quality because they are quite famous," Klopp said, as reported by Antara.

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In the past year, Mac Allister has been brilliant with Brighton and the Argentine national team.

With 10 goals and two assists from 35 appearances with The Seagulls in the English Premier League (EPL) or the 2022/2023 Premier League, Mac Allister is an important part of the club based at the American Express Community Stadium competing in Europe next season to be precise UEFA Europa League (UEL) or Europa League after finishing in sixth place EPL 2022/2023.

"My admiration and respect for what Brighton is doing is very well known and Alexis has been part of the journey they have gone through to become one of the toughest and best teams in the Premier League," said the former Borussia Dortmund boss.

Together with Argentina, Mac Allister managed to bring his country of birth to win the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. At that time, he appeared six times and recorded one goal in the group stage against Poland and one assist in the final against France.

The German said Mac Allister is a player who can play various positions in midfield and also as a smart player.

This is certainly a positive thing for Liverpool, especially the club based at Anfield Stadium has just lost three of its midfielders, namely James Milner, Naby Keita, and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

"It is clear that he is someone who can play in a number of positions in midfield and versatile," said the 55-year-old manager.

"I would say he is calm and someone with the right game intelligence," he continued.

Furthermore, Klopp thanked all parties who realized the Allister Mac transfer. He also admitted that he could not wait to immediately cooperate with the winner of Qatar's 2022 World Cup.

"I thank everyone at the club who helped make this transfer happen and I'm sure I speak for everyone here when I say I can't wait to get started working with Alexis," Klopp said.