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title: "West Brom scouted Alisson in surprise move before Liverpool switch"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Ryan Darby"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2018-09-14T09:51:10Z"
modified: "2018-09-14T09:51:10Z"
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# West Brom scouted Alisson in surprise move before Liverpool switch

Liverpool’s summer signing Alisson could have seen his career take a very different turn when West Brom scouted him during the early stages of his time at Roma.

The [Daily Express, as cited on the Yorkshire Evening Post](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/championship-rumour-mill-aston-villa-star-makes-australia-move-leeds-united-facing-injury-crisis-1-9349031), reports that the Baggies were keeping a watchful eye on him after he made the move to the Italian side.

The player was said to be of particular interest to ex-Scotland number one Jonathan Gould, who was working on a scouting mission for the club.

Alisson struggled to break into the Roma side when he first joined the Italian giants.

He largely played as a back-up to former Arsenal shot-stopper Wojciech Szczesny.

![Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Sport](https://production-354f.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2018/09/1015515988.jpg)

It was not until the latter moved on to Juventus that Alisson got his big break in Italy.

A standout season saw him earn a move to Liverpool in a deal worth a massive £67 million.

Both Chelsea and Liverpool were chasing the Brazilian throughout the summer, but for West Brom, it’s a case of what could have been.