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Daily Mirror
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Nathan Ridley

Jurgen Klopp could face unexpected Liverpool blow as transfer claim risks backfiring

Jurgen Klopp could lose his trusted backup goalkeeper this summer, as pressure intensifies on Caoimhin Kelleher to leave Anfield.

The Irish shot-stopper, 24, has spent two seasons as Alisson Becker's understudy, impressing on each occasion when Liverpool's No.1 has been rested. But with Alisson still in his prime and feasting on considerably more minutes, Kelleher has been urged to depart in the summer transfer window amid links of a move to either Brighton or Brentford.

That's despite Klopp claiming that he didn't envisage the Republic of Ireland international waving goodbye. "Honestly, I can't see Caoimh leaving," the Reds boss told a press conference, having reportedly agreed to give third-choice goalkeeper Adrian a new one-year contract.

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