Giorgi Mamardashvili will formally turn out to be a Liverpool participant this summer time, and the goalkeeper been given beneficial time to organize for his £29 million transfer.
Mamardashvili will full his delayed swap to Merseyside when the switch window opens, after a deal was agreed with Valencia again in August.
The 24-year-old, who made 34 appearances in his ultimate season at Estadio de Mestalla, is then anticipated to take over from Caoimhin Kelleher as backup to and competitors for Alisson.
Having but to keep up a correspondence together with his new teammates and even Arne Slot, there could possibly be some apprehension from Mamardashvili as he prepares to relocate.
However he has been given additional time to organize for his transfer to the UK having been disregarded of the Georgia squad for subsequent month’s friendlies in opposition to the Faroe Islands and Cape Verde.
“I believe numerous our gamers wanted a relaxation,” supervisor Willy Sagnol defined on Wednesday.
“They’ve needed to play too many matches within the final two to 3 years. I believe it was the precise choice to provide them free time. It can be crucial that they’re in good condition in September.”
Mamardashvili is at present having fun with time again in his native Georgia and may look to spend the approaching weeks resting and recharging earlier than work resumes.
He needs to be a part of the primary group of gamers to report for pre-season on the AXA Coaching Centre on July 8, with Slot in a position to name upon a robust squad from day one.
That can imply he can have had over six weeks off having performed his ultimate sport for Valencia on Might 23 – a 1-1 draw with Europa Convention League runners-up Actual Betis.
With the flexibility to settle efficiently off the sphere as necessary as discovering his toes on it throughout these first months at Liverpool, Mamardashvili can definitely profit from his break from worldwide obligation.
Liverpool can be readily available to liaise with their incoming stopper over lodging, with it typically the case that new arrivals first transfer into motels, such because the Titanic on Stanley Dock, earlier than discovering everlasting properties.
Mamardashvili can count on time to regulate to new calls for on the pitch, too, as he’ll be a part of as No. 2 behind Alisson.
In the meantime, Liverpool are already fielding enquiries over Kelleher, who has reiterated his need to turn out to be a first-choice goalkeeper, with Brentford most prominently linked and the membership searching for upwards of £20 million.
