Ireland manager Stephen Kenny insists he hasn't spoken to Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp after Caoimhin Kelleher's continuing injury problems this season.
The Liverpool number two goalkeeper has been out of action all season and missed pre-season with his club after picking up an injury while on international duty with Ireland in June.
Klopp explained the keeper's situation after Kelleher returned to Liverpool's pre-season training and suffered a reoccurrence of the injury he suffered while on national team duty.
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The Ireland manager admitted last month that he was "surprised" by Klopp's revelation that Kelleher suffered a groin injury when playing for his national side in a match against Ukraine.
“No, I haven’t spoken to Jurgen Klopp but the medical teams have been in constant contact so that’s been evident,” Kenny said. "With Caoimhin, if Caoimhin tweaked something in the game against Ukraine it wasn’t evident by his performance. He performed very well and done everything really well. I honestly wasn’t aware of him being injured at that time.
“He trained with Liverpool when he went back for pre-season and got injured, but certainly it was something that we weren’t aware of it. The good thing is he’s making good progress and is back very soon, and should be back for the next camp for sure.”
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