Liverpool were linked with Jack Butland earlier this summer.
Jack Butland’s season for Stoke City could not have got off to a worse start.
He dropped a clanger in Stoke’s Championship opener as they were defeated 3-1 away at Leeds United.
His performance will have strengthened Liverpool’s confidence that the club made the right decision not to sign him earlier this summer.
England stopper Butland was strongly linked with a transfer to the Reds, with ex-stopper Ray Clemence telling The Echo that Liverpool should sign him.
The Daily Mirror had earlier claimed Liverpool were closing in on a £40 million move for Butland.
The Reds decided to look elsewhere, paying even more, £68 million to sign Alisson from Roma.
Alisson will be under a lot of pressure but early training and pre-season displays suggest it is money well spent.
Butland’s gaffe at the weekend has Liverpool fans feeling thankful that they went out and bought the Brazil number one instead of the Stoke City stopper.
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