Before making his move to Brighton & Hove Albion, Liverpool new boy Alexis Mac Allister made sure he sought the counsel of Premier League winner Carlos Tevez.
Mac Allister officially became a Brighton player in January 2019 from Argentinos Juniors for a fee of around £12m. But before he packed up his life and moved nearly 7,000 miles to the south coast of England when his loan spells at Argentinos and Boca Juniors had ended in 2020, he asked for the opinion of former Manchester City and United star Tevez.
"Carlos told me that for him it was the best league in the world," said Mac Allister, who today became Liverpool's first signing of the summer. "He told me that you have to learn how to be very professional and focused on yourself because there is pressure on you to perform when you step out onto the pitch. That is what he told me - that you have to always be ready and above all in good physical shape because it's very physical compared to other leagues."
