Liverpool’s Kelleher set for £18m Brentford move
Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher is set to move to Brentford after the clubs agreed a £12.5m fee for the player, rising to £18m in add-ons.
The Republic of Ireland international, 26, is seen as a replacement for the Bees’ number one Mark Flekken, who is heading to German side Bayer Leverkusen.
The Bundesliga club have agreed a fee of about £8m for the 31-year-old Dutchman.
Kelleher has a year left on his contract at Anfield but Valencia keeper Giorgi Mamardashvili will join the Premier League champions in July to compete for the number one shirt with established first choice Alisson Becker.
He has also played in more than 40 cup games for the club, which means he has won two Premier League titles, the Champions League, FA Cup, two League Cups and a Uefa Super Cup in his time at Anfield.
Netherlands international Flekken joined Brentford from German side Freiburg for a reported £11m in May 2023.
He had kept more clean sheets than any goalkeeper in the Bundesliga over the previous two seasons and has only strengthened his reputation while at Brentford.
Flekken has played in all but two Premier League games over the past two seasons, registering 14 clean sheets and three assists.
A humbling Europa League final defeat. A historically dreadful Premier League campaign. A still-new head coach who isn’t afraid to point out publicly how low Manchester United have fallen.
It would be fair to say one of the world’s biggest clubs is broken and on its knees.
This summer’s transfer window is one of the most important in United history.
If they are to avoid another failed reboot, they can’t afford any mistakes. They must give Ruben Amorim the best resources possible to succeed in the 3-4-3/3-5-2 system he is adamant about playing.
So where do you start?
Well, you could do worse than sign Matheus Cunha, Wolverhampton Wanderers’ best player of the season just gone.
United need to address the goalscoring issues that date back to Erik ten Hag’s tenure.
Over the past season, United outscored only four Premier League teams – the bottom three and Everton. The season before that, they were the joint-lowest scorers in the top half of the table.
While goalscoring is one thing Cunha will bring to Old Trafford – with 40 goal involvements in the past two seasons – he also directly addresses other problems United have.
