Neil Lennon believes that Caomhin Kelleher needs to leave Liverpool to “develop his full potential”.
The young goalkeeper is Alisson Becker’s understudy at the moment, but plays for the Reds in domestic cup competitions.
Although it’s hard to see the Ireland international replacing our No. 1 as first choice any time soon, he is under contract with the club until 2026 and has clearly learned a lot from the former AS Roma goalkeeper.
“Kelleher will have to leave Liverpool to develop his full potential,” the former Celtic manager told Football Odds (via The Kop Times). “It will be difficult for him to displace Alisson Becker. However, he is still young and has a lot of football ahead of him. I am sure that he and Jurgen Klopp would have had conversations about this.”
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The life of a second-choice goalkeeper, especially someone as talented as Kelleher, is certainly not ideal, but he is a huge fan favorite at Anfield.
He was terrific during our League Cup campaign last year, which ended in triumph after we beat Chelsea on penalties in the final – the 24-year-old even walked up to the venue and fired his own penalty during the match. penalty shootout.
A loan move could be on the cards if he’s looking for regular first-team action, as we can’t see the club letting him leave permanently anytime soon, unless it’s something he pushes himself.
Every time he has been called up, he has performed well, so it is to be expected that there are several clubs keeping an eye on the situation.
He is still young and has a very bright future ahead of him and while we understand where Lennon is coming from, we would love to see Kelleher stay at Anfield for the foreseeable sake.
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