Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker says his father’s death affected him psychologically due to their closeness.
Recall that Jose Becker passed away in tragic circumstances in 2021 after he drowned in a lake near his family home.
Global travel restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic led to Liverpool’s No. 1 attending the funeral virtually, which would have made his death even tougher to take.
Reacting to the development, Alisson told TribalFootball in an interview that his close relationship with his made his death more difficult to accept.
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“When he died, it destroyed me. I could not even think about football. I had to keep remembering that I even played football, and that we were fighting for the Top 4,’ he wrote.
“It was even more complicated, because it was right in the middle of the pandemic, and the logistics of getting home were a nightmare.
“My wife was pregnant with our third child, and Covid was exploding again in Brazil. Her doctor said that it was risky for her to travel, so she had to stay in Liverpool with our kids. That was total anguish for her, because she loved my father so much.
“We always joked that he loved her the most. If we ever had a little disagreement in front of my father, he would always say, ‘I think Natalia is right. She was the daughter he never had. I was going to have to fly to Brazil alone.”
