Liverpool seal transfer of Man City starlet as Gareth Taylor lands marquee signing

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It didn't take long for her to display the kind of maturity and ambition that has shown her rise so far. Speaking during her first official interview with the club, the new recruit opened up on exactly why the project under Taylor at Anfield was simply impossible to turn down."It's such a big club and I think the women's team is striving for greatness.

They're just going in the right direction and it's a project that I want to be part of."Khiara Keating's first interview as a Red 🎥— Liverpool FC Women (@LiverpoolFCW) July 13, 2026“I think everyone knows Liverpool worldwide. It’s such a big club and I think the women’s team is striving for greatness,” Keating told Liverpoolfc.com.“I think the style of football that they play, they actually try to play – which suits me and my position.“I think they’re just going in the right direction and [it is] a project that I want to be part of.”Golden glove and European gloryTo say Keating's rise through the footballing ranks has been meteoric would be an understatement.

After gaining vital first-team during short loan spells with the likes of AFC Fylde and Coventry United, she returned to her parent club to make eight senior appearances across the 2021/22 and 2022/23 campaigns.However, it was the 2023/24 season where she truly came onto the scene,making herself not just as City's number one, but as one of the most elite goalkeepers in the entire country.Featuring 29 times and claiming an incredible 12 clean sheets across all competitions, Keating became undroppable figure in the WSL title race. Her domestic heroics earned her the WSL Golden Glove award, a remarkable achievement for a keeper of her age.The young stopper further increased her name on the global stage by by testing herself against Europe's finest in the Women’s Champions League, and she heads to Liverpool fresh off the back of another trophy-laden 2025/26 campaign.Keating featured nine times for City last term, keeping four clean sheets in the process to help steer the club to a historic WSL and Women’s FA Cup double.