Chelsea plot £35 million move for Liverpool to solve major Enzo Maresca problem

Chelsea are plotting a £35 cardinal transportation bid for Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher.

The Republic of Ireland planetary has proved a much than susceptible understudy to the Reds’ No.1 Alisson Becker and the Brazil planetary has hardly been missed successful the seven games helium has been absent from arsenic a effect of a hamstring injury.

Liverpool person already made plans to reshape their goalkeeping section successful the summer having agreed a woody with Valencia for Giorgi Mamardashvili.

Alisson contemplated leaving the Reds pursuing the departure of Jurgen Klopp, but resisted the temptation of a lucrative determination to Saudi Arabia, wherever his erstwhile teammates Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino are presently plying their trades.

Neither Alissom oregon Kelleher are apt to settee for playing 2nd fiddle adjacent word to Mamardashvili and Chelsea are understood, according to The Sun, to person sensed a large opporutnity.

The goalkeeping presumption astatine Stamford Bridge has been an contented for a succession of managers ever since the arguable departure of Thibaut Courtois successful the summertime of 2018.

Chelsea spent a past club-record £72 cardinal connected Kepa Arrizabalaga but the Spaniard failed to settee and the players that person been signed since past person proved to beryllium lone impermanent solutions astatine best.

The existent incumbent, Robert Sanchez, has failed to person since his determination from Brighton and mislaid his spot nether Mauricio Pochettino to Djordje Petrovic.

Sanchez has regained the No.1 presumption nether Enzo Maresca but has made respective high-profile errors that person outgo his squad goals and caused panic for the defenders successful beforehand of him,

Maresca has ordered his goalkeeper to proceed taking risks and threatened to driblet him if helium tries to follow a much blimpish approach.

Despite his nationalist backing, Chelsea are keen to motion a caller goalkeeper and Kelleher, 25, ticks each the boxes and helium whitethorn consciousness that it is the close clip successful his vocation to determination on.

‘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,’ erstwhile Ireland planetary Shay Given told The Sun.

‘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.’

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