Caoimhin Kelleher transforms future of boyhood club with Brentford transfer


After Caoimhin Kelleher has served as a trustworthy second line -up of Liverpool to Alisson Becker for years, he finally joins a starting role – whereby Brentford follows a deal worth up to £ 18 million.

The International Republic of Ireland arrives for the first £ 12.5 million in bees with potential performance-related add-ons of 5.5 million GBP. He will replace Mark Flekken, who recently switched to Bayer Leverkusen.

“I don’t think it was very difficult for me to go [Liverpool]«, Said Kelleher after completing the move.

The step is not only a new chapter for Kelleher and Brentford – it is also a transformative moment for his youth club Ringmahon Rangers.

According to the sun, when Kelleher signed by Ringmahon for Liverpool at the age of 16 in 2015, a sales clause of 20% was recorded in the deal. This clause now entitles the Munster Senior League team in the third stage of Irish football to a wind of around £ 2.5 million, the largest sales fee that has ever been preserved by an Irish club.

The chairman of Ringmahon Rangers, Paul Higgins, spoke to the Irish Times: “It will be the future for a long time.”

“I’m very happy,” he added. “Very happy for Caoimhín itself, first of all and his family. We always believed that [Caoimhín] Would be a success. “

Thanks to a career-definent step, Kelleher not only has his own future secured-especially the course of his youth club.

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