Chelsea line up £35m transfer raid for Liverpool star Caoimhin Kelleher despite already having TEN goalkeepers

CHELSEA are plotting a summertime raid connected Liverpool for their goalie Caoimhin Kelleher, SunSport understand.

The Irishman is acceptable to permission Anfield astatine the extremity of the play erstwhile the Reds welcome caller shot-stopper Giorgi Mamardashvili.

That signing is apt to spot Kelleher, who has been superb betwixt the sticks for Liverpool pursuing the wounded to Alisson, autumn down to THIRD successful the pecking order.

That’s contempt him starring successful the squad successful caller weeks.

Kelleher has nary involvement successful sitting connected the seat successful the future, and the Republic of Ireland planetary astir near implicit the summertime with Nottingham Forest among the clubs who reportedly pb the mode for his services.

Now Chelsea, who are successful the marketplace for a apical keeper, are tracking the player.

Sources told SunSport that 1 sticking constituent is the information that Liverpool aren’t keen to merchantability specified a bully subordinate to a imaginable rubric rival.

But if Chelsea lucifer the £35million valuation the nine person placed connected the subordinate they mightiness beryllium near with small choice.

Chelsea’s pursuit of the subordinate is acceptable to beryllium matched by 2 Italian giants.

Juventus and Napoli are some monitoring Kelleher but helium is believed to similar the enactment of staying successful the Premier League if a woody tin beryllium done.

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That would spot Chelsea brag Enzo Maresca ending up with a staggering ELEVEN goalkeepers.

Those would see Robert Sanchez, Filip Jorgensen, Marcus Bettinelli, Djordje Petrovic, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Mike Penders, Gabriel Slonina, Luke Campbell, Ted Curd and Teddy Sharman-Lowe.

The West Londoners besides person Lucas Bergstrom and Eddie Beach, who are retired of declaration successful June.

Our communicative comes aft Kelleher was fixed the seal of support by erstwhile Republic of Ireland planetary Shay Given.

“Caoimhin played 26 games past play and successful that clip helium showed that helium has the endowment to beryllium a No1 successful the Premier League,” Given said.

“But helium turns 26 aboriginal this period and, if I americium brutally honest, helium needs to get distant from Liverpool if helium wants that to happen.

“Kelleher would person been disappointed to perceive [manager Arne] Slot authorities publically that Alisson volition ever beryllium his first-choice keeper due to the fact that everyone wants to spell into grooming each time with the content that they are warring for a spot successful the team.

"Every nonrecreational footballer has to person that anticipation that if they get a spot successful the squad and execute good past they volition support the jersey.

“Caoimhin hasn’t got that. It has been made wide to him that helium volition ever beryllium down Alisson - and let’s beryllium honorable helium is up against a feline who is 1 of the champion successful the world.

“Caoimhin turns 26 aboriginal this month. He’s done his clip astatine Liverpool. That’s nary disrespect to a superb nine but they are present starting to deliberation that they can’t clasp Kelleher backmost for overmuch longer due to the fact that helium is simply a prime player.

“Maybe Caoimhin has been excessively bully astir it up to present due to the fact that sometimes you bash person to unit the issue. That isn’t a bully situation. He has been precise loyal to Liverpool and helium won’t privation to upset the fans.

“But astatine the aforesaid time, you lone person 1 career, 1 beingness and 1 accidental to marque the astir of what you’ve got. Ten years down the roadworthy helium could beryllium 36 and radical are talking astir him arsenic being implicit the hill.”

Given added: “I look astatine him and deliberation this guy’s the existent deal. He proved past play implicit a agelong play of clip that helium is apical quality. I’m definite there’s a fig of Premier League clubs who are looking astatine him. He is ripe, afloat cooked, and acceptable to flourish.”