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Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker to wear No. 13 in debut vs. Napoli

DUBLIN -- Liverpool have announced that Alisson Becker will wear the No. 13 shirt for their friendly with Napoli, but stressed the goalkeeper's squad number is yet to be confirmed.

Alisson is in line to make his first appearance for Liverpool in Dublin on Saturday following his £65 million move from Roma.

The Brazil international will sport 'A. Becker 13' on the back of his goalkeeping jersey for Liverpool's penultimate warmup game of the summer.

Loris Karius currently occupies the No. 1 squad number at Liverpool, while Simon Mignolet, who could leave Anfield this summer, wears No. 22.

Fellow summer signing and Brazilian Fabinho is also yet to be assigned a permanent number at Liverpool and has been wearing No. 3 in preseason.

The Reds revealed earlier in the summer that Sadio Mane has taken over the No. 10 shirt following Philippe Coutinho's departure to Barcelona in January.

Meanwhile, Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock believes Liverpool midfielder Marko Grujic will not be joining the newly-promoted Premier League side on loan.

Grujic spent the second half of last season on loan at Cardiff in the Championship and Warnock was confident about re-signing the 22-year-old again on a temporary deal.

"Grujic looks like he will stay put... I think he would be better off here but it is a contract issue, I understand his point of view," Warnock told the BBC. "Liverpool have four competitions before Christmas and he can play in those without being named in the 25-man squad.

"I have missed out on a couple of targets waiting for him, it is disappointing as everything was agreed with Liverpool. But sometimes fate intervenes."