Liverpool urged to make transfer U-turn after sold star answers doubters
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Former Premier League forward Kevin Doyle believes Liverpool should bring Caoimhin Kelleher back to Anfield after the goalkeeper's impressive performances for Brentford this seasonCaoimhin Kelleher left Liverpool last summerLiverpool ought to make every effort to bring Caoimhin Kelleher back to Anfield, says ex-Premier League striker Kevin Doyle.The Republic of Ireland goalkeeper has shone since his summer switch from the Reds to Brentford, featuring in 29 of the Bees' 30 top-flight fixtures - absent for just one match last month when he and partner Eimear Murphy welcomed their twins.Regular starting opportunities were precisely why Kelleher departed Liverpool. The 27 year old accumulated 67 outings for the Reds across six campaigns with the senior squad, though merely 25 came in league competition as he served as deputy to Alisson Becker.READ MORE: Liverpool blanked entirely in Thomas Tuchel's England squad as Trent Alexander-Arnold snubbedREAD MORE: Arne Slot responds to Liverpool contract question - 'Is this how football works?'Kelleher proved instrumental in Liverpool's Carabao Cup triumphs in 2022 and 2024, and featured in 10 matches during last term's title-winning Premier League run."I always thought Kelleher was an excellent goalkeeper," former Wolves, Reading and Republic of Ireland striker Doyle told AceOdds.com."He has been in the Ireland squad a good amount of years before making his move to Brentford, and you could see he was top class.
You could see he was top class when he played for Liverpool, and he actually played a decent amount of games for Liverpool."Everything about him just looked so mature; he looked older than he was, especially for a goalkeeper. The only thing that surprised me, and this is not disrespect to Brentford, but that was that another club didn't come for him."He was quite cheap, so I am surprised a bigger club didn't come for him or even that Liverpool let him go for that relatively low fee."The Reds brought in Giorgi Mamardashvili as Kelleher's successor, and the Georgia international has made an impressive start in his 12 outings for the club thus far as understudy to Alisson.Caoimhin Kelleher has impressed at BrentfordYet despite this, Doyle believes a transfer to return Kelleher to Anfield would be a shrewd decision."But they must have had an agreement that they would let him go because he was desperate to play first-team football," he added."His next move is going to be back to Liverpool or another top club, because I genuinely don't see a weakness in his game or even his mentality, which is probably the most important thing for a goalkeeper."But if he keeps playing like this, he could be on his move again in the near future.
That was the only question mark back then, but with the way he has performed this season, that question mark is no longer there."The next move could be Liverpool, because Alisson won't be around forever. He has been there, and he knows the club, so it wouldn't surprise me if they signed him back in just a couple of years."