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Liverpool will meet Oblak £100 million transfer release fee

By David Gate

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 26: Jan Oblak of Atletico Madrid makes a save during the UEFA Europa League Semi Final leg one match between Arsenal FC and Atletico Madrid at Emirates Stadium on April 26, 2018 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 26: Jan Oblak of Atletico Madrid makes a save during the UEFA Europa League Semi Final leg one match between Arsenal FC and Atletico Madrid at Emirates Stadium on April 26, 2018 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) /
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Liverpool are willing to meet the £100 million transfer release fee for Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak, breaking their transfer record.

Reports today from Spain suggest that Liverpool are willing to pay the huge £100 million release clause to bring Jan Oblak to Anfield. The Atletico Madrid goalkeeper will become the most expensive signing in Liverpool history if the deal goes through.

The move from Atletico to sign Jan Oblak to a new deal to increase the release fee to £140 million is being interpreted differently in the two countries. Fans of the Madrid side see it as a commitment to keep Oblak at the Europa League winners for a few more seasons yet.

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Liverpool fans believe the opposite. They are releasing news of an impending increase in the release fee to push Liverpool into paying the £100 million current clause. A move the Reds are believed to be willing to do.

He would become the most expensive goalkeeper of all time by some distance. The record is still held by Gianluigi Buffon who moved to Juventus in 2001 for £33 million. Oblak’s move will triple that sum, making him the third most expensive player of all time – behind Neymar and Philippe Coutinho, Though Kylian Mbappe’s £175 million move to PSG  later in the summer would make him fourth.

The Reds were thought to be pursuing Alisson Becker from Roma but they have bumped up their asking price from £50 million to £80 million in the last month.

The Liverpool hierarchy feel if they are to commit £80 million on a goalkeeper they may as well go to £100 million and sign one of the best three keepers in the world.

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Liverpool are looking to take full advantage of their resurgence from this year’s Champions League run. They have already signed Fabinho from Monaco in a shock transfer and are closing in on the signing of Nabil Fekir from Lyon.