Brentford have accomplished the signing of goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher from Liverpool for an preliminary £12.5m.
Efficiency-related add-ons may take the eventual price to £18m.
Kelleher, a Republic of Eire worldwide, is somebody Brentford tracked for a very long time.
They had been earlier than they signed Mark Flekken in 2023, however Liverpool have solely been open to promoting since securing Giorgi Mamardashvili from Valencia final summer time.
Brentford had been dealing with competitors from different golf equipment for Kelleher, together with Leeds and West Ham, however Thomas Frank’s facet have a powerful relationship with Liverpool, having secured Sepp van den Berg and Fabio Carvalho from Anfield final summer time.
Kelleher, capped 22 occasions by his nation, secured a second Premier League title with the Reds this season however solely began 10 video games as Alisson continued forward of him within the pecking order.
Brentford have signed Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher (credit score: Nigel Keene/ProSportsImages)
Flekken completes Leverkusen transfer
Elsewhere, current Bees No 1 Flekken has accomplished a transfer to Bayer Leverkusen.
Leverkusen and Brentford agreed a price within the area of £11m (€13m) inclusive of add-ons earlier on Tuesday, that means he’ll hyperlink up with former Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag in Germany.
Evaluation: Kelleher deserves likelihood to shine
Sky Sports activities’ Sam Blitz:
Although he was Alisson’s No 2 at Anfield, Kelleher performed his half in Liverpool’s title success. He featured 10 occasions within the Premier League as he coated for the Brazilian by means of damage and unavailability.
And Kelleher carried out very nicely, ending within the high dozen goalkeepers for save share and passes accomplished, which is what a Brentford goalkeeper must do fairly a little bit of.
That is as a result of Flekken – who Kelleher will substitute because the Bees’ No 1 – completed high out of all Premier League goalkeepers in these two metrics. Brentford permit numerous pictures on purpose, whereas in addition they play a mixture of intelligent direct lengthy balls or dangerous passes out the again to absorb strain.
So Kelleher ending second to Flekken in passes tried per 90 final season is a constructive signal.
With countryman Nathan Collins and former Liverpool defender Van den Berg essential elements of the Brentford defence, it looks like a well-suited transfer for each goalkeeper and his new membership.
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