Danny Murphy tips £30m Liverpool star to join Chelsea or Newcastle

Danny Murphy ‘understands’ a Liverpool subordinate volition beryllium leaving successful the summertime and has tipped him to articulation Chelsea oregon Newcastle United.

‘Outstanding’ goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher has struggled for game-time since Liverpool No. 1 Alisson Becker returned to fitness successful aboriginal December.

Alisson missed 2 months of shot done wounded and Kelleher, 26, impressed successful his absence, helping Liverpool ascent to the apical of some the Premier League and Champions League.

Kelleher saved a Kylian Mbappe punishment successful Liverpool’s triumph implicit Real Madrid astatine the extremity of November – 1 of 3 cleanable sheets helium kept successful the Champions League.

Murphy says Kelleher is excessively bully to beryllium connected the seat and volition permission Anfield successful the summertime up of the accomplishment of caller Liverpool goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili.

Liverpool agreed a £29m woody to motion Mamardashvili from Valencia past summer but the Georgia shot-stopper is not arriving connected Merseyside until the summer.

Mamardashvili’s determination looks acceptable to propulsion Kelleher retired the doorway and Murphy believes the ‘outstanding’ goalkeeper should people a determination to Chelsea oregon Newcastle.

Robert Sanchez has been Chelsea’s No. 1 this play but has flattered to deceive astatine Stamford Bridge, with respective pundits of the sentiment that helium needs to beryllium upgraded for the Blues to situation for large trophies.

The aforesaid has been said for Nick Pope and Martin Dubravka astatine Newcastle arsenic the Magpies effort to spell to different level and bring silverware to St James’ Park.

‘I deliberation adjacent play astatine Liverpool we volition person Alisson starting and Giorgi Mamardashvili connected the seat with Caoimhin Kelleher leaving,’ the erstwhile Liverpool and England midfielder told OLBG.

‘My knowing is that Kelleher volition permission and determination won’t beryllium abbreviated of takers, helium is an outstanding goalkeeper and deserves the accidental to spell and beryllium a fig one. 

‘I deliberation helium volition get a truly bully determination and Alisson volition person a play successful beforehand of Mamardashvili to assistance him larn and get settled. 

‘Where could Kelleher go? Well, I deliberation Chelsea’s an evident one, though I deliberation Robert Sanchez is improving hugely. 

‘I deliberation helium gets immoderate unfair disapproval for a fewer mistakes present successful the season. I deliberation he’s really a truly bully goalkeeper.

‘He conscionable gets a spot tense astatine times with the shot astatine his feet. But Chelsea’s an evident 1 and I deliberation astir apt Newcastle, if they’re reasoning of evolving arsenic a nine and becoming much competitive. 

‘Nick Pope has been a large keeper implicit the years but having much injuries astatine the infinitesimal and he’s not the champion with his feet. He’ll admit that himself. 

‘I deliberation for Kelleher, Newcastle oregon Chelsea are 2 fantastic options for him.’ 

Kelleher has made 61 appearances for Liverpool since graduating from the club’s academy and making his first-team debut successful 2020.

The Republic of Ireland planetary was connected the seat connected Saturday arsenic Liverpool scored 2 precocious goals to bushed Brentford 2-0.

Arne Slot’s broadside looked acceptable to driblet points successful the rubric contention for the 3rd crippled successful a enactment but Darwin Nunez scored 2 injury-time goals to manus Liverpool a important distant win.

With Arsenal lone drafting 2-2 with Aston Villa aboriginal successful the day, Liverpool find themselves six points wide astatine the apical of the Premier League with a crippled successful hand.

‘During the play you’re hoping for these moments,’ Slot said aft the Brentford victory.

‘Many moments – we could person scored a precocious victor against United, Forest, Fulham. Today it worked. We managed to people successful the past fewer seconds.

‘We were adjacent to not getting what we deserved. The magnitude of chances we created was similar connected Tuesday against Forest – a lot.

‘We were adjacent to going disconnected without a win. That combined with a precocious victor is what we were astir blessed about. And it was a important game.’

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