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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp 'couldn't be less interested' in Alisson transfer fee

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said he does not care about criticisms regarding the transfer fee paid for Alisson.

The Brazil international joined from Roma in July in a deal that could be worth up to £66.8 million -- a world record fee for a goalkeeper at the time.

Klopp was dismissive of the importance of the amount of money spent on Alisson.

"Was there criticism in England? I thought in England you got this [a pat on the back] for spending big," Klopp said. "I couldn't be less interested in that by the way. We did it because we were convinced.

"We didn't make the price. We only wanted a good player and the owners gave us the opportunity to do so."

Alisson brought Anfield to its feet in Liverpool's 1-0 win over Brighton when he chipped the ball over the leg of Anthony Knockaert when under pressure, but Klopp admitted that was a nervous moment.

"That's not too cool for a manager. If it works then it's cool," Klopp said. "I had a few centre-halves who were able to do things a centre-half should not do, like Mats Hummels [at Borussia Dortmund] constantly doing things which made no sense but he was really good in there.

"Alisson is obviously a goalkeeper who can play football, which is good. He's confident enough to do it. He didn't do it for showing off, he did it to sort the situation.

"He has a nice level of confidence, so he uses that. I like the save from the header more than the chip, but the chip was the right thing to do in that situation."