Liverpool on Thursday introduced the signing of goalkeeper Marcelo Pitaluga from Fluminense. “Liverpool FC can affirm the everlasting signing of goalkeeper Marcelo Pitaluga from Fluminense,” the Premier League aspect stated in an announcement. The 17-year-old joins the Reds having been a part of the Brazil squad that received the FIFA U17 World Cup on residence soil final November. Pitaluga has now began coaching at Melwood, the place he might be primarily based with the first-team group, alongside enjoying for the membership’s Academy groups. Liverpool’s head of goalkeeping John Achterberg stated Pitaluga remains to be younger and though they don’t need to put him below stress, he should adapt to issues.
“I noticed him for the primary time within the World Cup squad. You are checking all of the goalies and looking out on the ages. You see that he was within the World Cup squad one yr youthful than the remainder of the squad, you then suppose that is value a glance as a result of usually you have got two goalkeepers of the identical age, however when you have somebody who’s a yr youthful you suppose he could have some good attributes,” the membership’s official web site quoted Achterberg as saying.
“…Now he’s right here, we’ve to enhance [him]. He’s nonetheless younger, there is no such thing as a stress as a result of there’s nonetheless an extended highway and we do not need to create any stress for him as a result of there’s nonetheless work to do.
“Initially, it is advisable let him cool down, discover his approach. He must study the velocity, the form of recreation in England is completely different than in Brazil, it is so much quicker and there is extra aggression in it. All that stuff you need to calculate as properly to work on somewhat bit,” he added.
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