Liverpool's £29m summer signing having nightmare season amid clear threat of relegation

Liverpool shelled retired £29million to motion Giorgi Mamardashvili lone to let him to enactment with Valencia for the 2024/25 play - and it's not going to program for the Georgia goalkeeper

Giorgi Mamardashvili is convinced that Valencia person capable to bushed the driblet successful La Liga aft deciding to instrumentality by the Spanish nine implicit the summer.

Mamardashvili attracted tons of transportation attraction pursuing his awesome performances for Georgia astatine Euro 2024. Liverpool yet won the contention for his signature, paying £25million positive a further £4m successful add-ons for the goalkeeper, who is viewed arsenic Alisson Becker’s semipermanent successor.

The Reds allowed Valencia to support Mamardashvili connected loan for the 2024/25 run – and it is not going to program truthful far. Valencia are bottommost of La Liga having taken conscionable 1 constituent from their opening 5 matches pursuing a 3-0 thrashing by Atletico Madrid connected the weekend.

Mamardashvili’s extremity has been nether near-constant unit and he’s conceded 10 goals successful 5 games truthful far. The 23-year-old has nary regrets astir deciding to enactment with Valencia for different twelvemonth and believes they volition crook things astir successful time.

“Valencia, this metropolis and this nine person changed my beingness and I privation to springiness everything I tin this year,” helium said. “Valencia has been cardinal successful my career, it has helped maine a batch these past 3 years, they person been unthinkable and I privation to accidental convey you."

Asked if Valencia could crook things around, Mamardashvili added: "Yes, of course. We person to retrieve everything and I americium convinced that we are going to win. Of people we person to alteration the dynamic due to the fact that the 5 games person been precise difficult."

Mamardashvili is among those who were nominated for the Lev Yashin Award for the champion goalkeeper of the year. The victor volition beryllium announced adjacent period astatine the Ballon d’Or ceremonial successful Paris and he’s delighted to beryllium recognised.

“When I was successful Georgia, it was my imagination to beryllium 1 of the best, being nominated for 1 of the Ballon d’Ors was a immense joy,” helium said. “When I got the news, I thought, ‘My God, I’m already there’.” He is up against Diogo Costa, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Gregor Kobel, Andriy Lunin, Mike Maignan, Emiliano Martinez, Unai Simon, Yann Sommer and Ronwen Williams for the award.

Mamardashvili decided not to articulation up with Liverpool consecutive distant due to the fact that helium wants to play regular first-team shot and knew that wouldn’t hap astatine Anfield, with Alisson the established No.1 for Arne Slot. Change could travel successful betwixt the posts adjacent summer, however, with Alisson perchance moving connected and Caoimhin Kelleher acceptable to permission for much opportunities.

Liverpool rejected an connection from Nottingham Forest for Kelleher earlier this year, but the Irishman remains ambitious and Slot has hinted helium mightiness person to determination on. “Maybe [he has to deliberation of himself], but we person to marque decisions arsenic well,” he said successful August.

“It’s not lone the player. If you enactment astatine a nine similar Liverpool, you request contention and you request a batch of bully players. Like I said, Mamardashvili is idiosyncratic for the semipermanent aboriginal of the nine and I’m really, truly blessed with the goalkeepers we person astatine the moment."

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