Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher may have his medical at Brentford on Monday forward of a preliminary £12.5m transfer.
Efficiency-related add-ons might take the eventual payment to £18m.
In the meantime, Brentford’s first-choice goalkeeper from final season Mark Flekken can be anticipated to go bear his Bayer Leverkusen medical in the present day, in line with Sky in Germany.
Brentford are anticipated to obtain £11m for the 31-year-old, Sky Sports activities Information has reported. Flekken has agreed to signal a deal till 2028 at Leverkusen, the place he’ll hyperlink up with former Man Utd boss Erik ten Hag.
Kelleher is somebody Brentford have tracked for a very long time and so they have been earlier than they signed Flekken, however Liverpool have solely been open to promoting him since securing Giorgi Mamardashvili from Valencia final summer season.
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Brentford have been going through competitors from different golf equipment for Kelleher, 26, together with from 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 season.
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Check out Caoimhin Kelleher’s finest saves within the Premier League, with Brentford closing in on signing the Liverpool goalkeeper
For an preliminary internet outlay of £1.5m, Brentford are changing a goalkeeper who’s 32 in 12 days for a 26-year-old from Liverpool – a shrewd piece of enterprise from Brentford’s director of soccer Phil Giles and technical director Lee Dykes.
Evaluation: Kelleher deserves probability to shine
Sky Sports activities’ Sam Blitz:
Despite the fact that he was Alisson Becker’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 way of damage and unavailability.
And Kelleher carried out very nicely, ending within the high dozen goalkeepers for save proportion and passes accomplished, which is what a Brentford goalkeeper must do fairly a little bit of.
That is as a result of Mark Flekken – who Kelleher will substitute because the Bees’ No 1 – completed high out of all Premier League goalkeepers in these two metrics. Brentford enable numerous pictures on objective, whereas in addition they play a mixture of intelligent direct lengthy balls or dangerous passes out the again to take in strain.
So Kelleher ending second to Flekken in passes tried per 90 final season is a optimistic signal. With countryman Nathan Collins additionally an necessary a part of the Brentford defence, it looks like a well-suited transfer for each goalkeeper and his new membership.
Hallgrimsson desires to see Kelleher transfer
Republic of Eire boss Heimir Hallgrimsson spoke brazenly about wanting Kelleher to go away Anfield searching for common minutes as a first-choice goalkeeper elsewhere.
Kelleher, capped 22 occasions for his nation already, secured his second Premier League title with the Reds this season however solely began 10 video games with Alisson forward of him within the pecking order.
Kelleher began 10 Premier League video games within the title-winning marketing campaign with Alisson forward of him within the pecking order
“I simply need him to go to a membership the place he’ll play regularly,” stated Hallgrimsson earlier in Might.
“He has been taking part in on the highest stage, whether or not it is the Champions League or the Premier League, and carried out very well. I simply need him to be comfortable and taking part in usually.
“I do know he desires to be taking part in on the highest stage. I assume – I do not know for certain – he will likely be taking part in on the highest stage.
“He has spoken about that himself. I do not thoughts [where], as long as he is taking part in regularly as a result of he’s too good to not be taking part in.”
Kayode indicators for Brentford
Brentford need to get their enterprise in the summertime window carried out early after already confirming the signing of Michael Kayode on a five-year deal. The membership even have an possibility to increase his contract by a further 12 months.
Kayode started a half-season mortgage with the membership from Fiorentina in January, which has now been made everlasting till at the least 2030.
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On signing his new contract, the 20-year-old defender stated: “I’m so excited to increase my keep at Brentford.
“I’ve felt so welcome from the primary day I arrived on the membership, due to my team-mates and the care the teaching workers have proven me.
“I’ve needed to play within the Premier League since I used to be a baby and it has been so good to do this right here. I am unable to look ahead to extra subsequent season and past!”
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