AS Roma president James Pallotta has cooled talk of Alisson Becker being on the brink of signing for Real Madrid.

The Giallorossi owner was in Naples today, and gave some brief quotes to the website AreaNapoli.

“I have read with much amusement the quotes attributed to me about the transfer market," Pallotta said via the club's official Twitter account.

“In fact I was joking around with a group of guys and responded sarcastically with a reference to the popular rumours on Twitter and in the papers since I've been in Italy.

“There was nothing serious about anything I said whilst making pizza. Just stupid American humour that some don't get."