Roma had seemed likely to inflate Allison’s price tag after losing Salah

Liverpool are ready to end their interest in the Roma goalkeeper Alisson in a move that will bolster Loris Karius’s hopes of establishing himself as the club’s long-term No 1.

Alisson had emerged as a potential target for Jürgen Klopp, with Simon Mignolet set to leave Anfield in the summer having lost his place in the starting line-up.

The pursuit of the highly rated Brazilian goalkeeper was going to be a challenge with Roma likely to inflate his price tag to offset losing Mohamed Salah on the cheap last summer.

Egyptian treasure: Salah’s Champions League goals

The Serie A club needed to raise money to comply with Financial Fair Play last June and agreed to sell Salah for an initial £36.9 million weeks before the moves of Neymar and Kylian Mbappé