“The best bid”: Fabrizio Romano says Liverpool made the best bid for one particular player | OneFootball

Bayern Munich defender David Alaba is a free agent come the summer, which means that he is currently able to sign a pre-contract with another club.

According to journalist Fabrizio Romano, Alaba is off to Real Madrid come the 2021-22 season.

This is not ideal news for Liverpool, as the club were reportedly keen on signing him for the 2021-22 campaign.

According to Romano, Liverpool recently offered Alaba a contract.

Romano said that out of all the clubs that were interested in Alaba, Liverpool made “the best bid” from an economical point of view.

Despite that being the case, Romano has stated that Alaba is off to Real Madrid.

“They have the agreement, the pre-contract with David Alaba is absolutely ready, so there is like a verbal agreement between Alaba and Real Madrid for a four-year contract, his salary will be around €12 million per season after taxes, so there is the agreement between Alaba and Real Madrid,” Romano told the Here We Go Podcast.

“We said about Liverpool, we said about PSG, how are they positioned in this race?” His co-host asked.

“Yes, we mentioned five clubs interested in David Alaba, and I can confirm that around five clubs contacted his agent, so as a top free agent David Alaba was hearing from many bids, his priority has always been Real Madrid,” Romano said.

“The best bid, talking about from an economical side, was from Liverpool, they made an important bid to sign David Alaba, also PSG were so interested to sign David Alaba.”

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ANFIELD WATCH VERDICT

Alaba would have been a decent signing for the Reds. Liverpool would have been signing a very experienced defender without paying a transfer fee.

Alaba has made 409 appearances for Bayern Munich. This season, Alaba is averaging a WhoScored player rating of 6.58 in the Bundesliga, which highlights that he is a decent defender.

Alaba has also won the biggest trophy (Champions League) in club football twice with Bayern Munich.

But, going by Romano’s latest update, it was just not meant to be for Liverpool.