Liverpool FC author Neil Jones has had his say on Caoimhin Kelleher’s switch scenario this summer season within the latest edition of his exclusive CaughtOffside column.
The Liverpool backup goalkeeper may absolutely be taking part in often for different golf equipment within the Premier League, having proven himself to be a really dependable second alternative for Jurgen Klopp in current occasions.
It appears unlikely that Kelleher goes to interrupt previous Alisson into Liverpool’s beginning line up any time quickly, so it will likely be attention-grabbing to see what occurs with him this summer season, with Jones admitting that it’s not but wanting significantly concrete in any specific path.
Jones admits it may very well be dangerous to mortgage Kelleher out, however he’s additionally performed down hyperlinks with a transfer to Tottenham, although he admitted he’s conscious of previous curiosity from Leicester Metropolis and Southampton, who’ve each now been relegated from the Premier League to the Championship.
“There’s additionally Caoimhin Kelleher, who together with Phillips looks as if an apparent candidate to promote, however as of but there’s not been any improvement there,” Jones mentioned.
“I used to be barely sceptical of hyperlinks with Tottenham earlier in the summertime as it might be a giant soar for him to interchange a World Cup winner like Hugo Lloris. Kelleher has nice capacity, don’t get me unsuitable, he’s a nice goalkeeper, however he’s solely performed one thing like 25 video games in his profession, so it might be an enormous leap up for him, except they had been signing him as a backup.
“I do know prior to now that Leicester checked out Kelleher, and one other relegated facet, Southampton, that additionally checked out him earlier than they signed Gavin Bazunu, who’s additionally holding Kelleher out of the Republic of Eire workforce.
“Brentford is perhaps price maintaining a tally of as they may look to signal a brand new goalkeeper this summer season, as they face dropping David Raya, nevertheless it’s additionally price remembering that Jurgen Klopp has mentioned it might take a unprecedented supply for Kelleher to depart – a mortgage deal may very well be executed, however that may even be dangerous from Liverpool’s standpoint.”
