A Brazilian journalist has claimed that he's now working as a South American scout for Liverpool.

Dassler Marques has been working as a football correspondent for Brazilian news outlet UOL, but claims he has had a change of career and will henceforth be scouting players for the Reds.

The reporter, who can count Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson as one of his 28 thousand followers on Twitter, tweeted last night to state that he has now left journalism to pursue a career with the Reds.

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He said: "After learning, dreams and mostly friends made, I left UOL today. Time to fly out of journalism, learn new things, make other dreams and make new friends on a new team. I now work as a Scout (Observer) of Liverpool in Brazil and a. Latina."

As well as Alisson, Jurgen Klopp has Brazilians Roberto Firmino and Fabinho in his first-team squad. The trio cost upwards of £130m to recruit. Philippe Coutinho was another major Brazilian signing in recent years before he was sold to Barcelona in January.

Liverpool boast a vast scouting network covering all corners of the globe, headed up by sporting director Michael Edwards. It's a structure that has paid dividends for Liverpool in recent years, allowing Klopp to build one of the most valuable teams in European football.