Jürgen Klopp moved closer to sealing a world-record deal for the Roma goalkeeper Alisson yesterday as it emerged that Liverpool expect to be without Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for the whole of next season.

Alisson arrived in the country last night and a medical is scheduled for today. A fee of about £66 million was agreed with the Italian club for the Brazilian, who has been offered a six-year contract. The transfer, a world record for a goalkeeper, may signal the end of Liverpool’s summer spending with Klopp having faith in the squad that he has pieced together.

This is despite the news about the severity of the knee injury that Oxlade-Chamberlain suffered in April. The Liverpool manager said it would be “a bonus” if the 24-year-old