Giorgi Mamardashvili gives Liverpool next exciting glimpse of what he will bring after $37m transfer

Incoming Liverpool goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, who will arrive at Anfield from Valencia next summer after a $37m (£29m/€35m) transfer deal was agreed during the previous summer window, has offered another glimpse of the skillset he will bring to Merseyside.

As Georgia drew 1-1 with Ukraine, Mamardashvili was called into action in the second minute of added time and he was required to pull off an impressive double save. The 24-year-old first completed a good reaction save when a shot came in from around the penalty spot mark and then got straight back up to deny a first-time follow-up shot from Oleksandr Nazarenko.

The danger was eventually cleared for a corner kick, at which point several Georgia players ran towards Mamardashvili to congratulate him. His late heroics meant Georgia picking up a point, leaving it second in the standings and a point behind Czechia.

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Liverpool already has Caoimhin Kelleher and Vitezslav Jaros on its books in the goalkeeping department but Mamardashvili will offer even more depth and quality as the likely long term successor for Alisson Becker. Kelleher has already made it clear that he wants to be a number one somewhere and the Irish shot-stopper only has a year and a half left on his Liverpool contract.

"When you have the best keeper in the world for me, it is a really good start," 21-year-old Liverpool goalkeeper Marcelo Pitaluga, who is on loan at Scottish side Livingston this season, told Liverpool.com this week. "And then obviously for the young boys coming through, learning from that and being in that environment, you can improve a lot.

"And the work itself, John (Achterberg) and Jack (Robinson) when they were there, and (Claudio) Tafferel coming, and now with Fabian (Otte), plus the scouting — it is everything together. When you have really good work, really good keepers, good scouting, you mix that all together in a really good environment — the chance of it going well is really high. That’s what has happened."

Liverpool.com says: Mamardashvili appears to be a huge talent for the future. His shot-stopping is already elite and he is one of the next up-and-coming goalkeepers around. It makes sense to snap up players like that when they become available, particularly because goalkeepers are particularly hard to identify.