With the sort of sigh that suggests he has been through this before, Alisson Becker listens to the stereotype being trotted out.

It runs like this: Brazil does not produce world-class goalkeepers, because Brazil does not generally need world-class goalkeepers. And yet here is Alisson: not only a Brazilian, and a goalkeeper, but coming off the back of a season in which his performances have caused many to decide that he is among the finest exponents of his position on the planet.

Bashfully, he accepts the praise, but it is the framing that bothers him. It might be a truism in Europe that Brazilian goalkeepers are a little unreliable, prone to over-complication and susceptible to intimidation, but that is not how Brazilian goalkeepers see themselves. “It is from a long time ago, that idea,” Alisson said, gently, slightly pityingly.

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As supporting evidence, the 25-year-old Alisson could point to the season he has just enjoyed. In the process of helping Roma to the semifinals of the Champions League, he attracted covetous glances from Liverpool, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain. Should any of them want to bid for him this summer, Roma has made clear that the opening offer should be no less than $105 million.