Caoimhín Kelleher – if we are going to be correct.

Things are going very well at Brentford at the moment and today they announced the signing of Caoimhín Kelleher from Liverpool. The West London club had the best season of their history in 2024/2025 and this week have been buoyed with Thomas Frank re-signing until 2029 and this marquee signing. He has played 22 games for the Republic of Ireland and been the understudy at Liverpool since pre-covid. A huge statement addition to the squad. Welcome.

The Official Brentford Press Release says,

“Brentford has signed goalkeeper Caoimhín Kelleher from Liverpool on a permanent deal.

The Republic of Ireland international has penned a five-year contract; the club has an option to extend his stay by a further 12 months.

Kelleher, a two-time Premier League winner, departs Arne Slot’s side having made 67 appearances across all competitions, keeping 24 clean sheets.

Director of football Phil Giles said: “I am very pleased to welcome Caoimhín to Brentford. We have scouted him in the past and were aware that he had a year to go on his contract with Liverpool this summer.

“When Mark Flekken had the opportunity to move to Bayer Leverkusen, we immediately thought about Caoimhín as his replacement.

“As well as being a very good goalkeeper, I’ve rarely met a player for whom everybody has such positive words to say about his personality and character. I’m therefore confident he’ll be an excellent addition to the squad.”

First-team goalkeeper coach Manu Sotelo added: “Caoimhín is a young keeper full of talent who has already proven how he can perform in the Premier league as well as Europe.

“He is calm and obsessed with improving. His best quality is his agility and he is a clever goalkeeper, with positioning and awareness being key elements of his game.

“With us, I’m confident he will achieve the next level in terms of performance and show the potential he has.

“I’m looking forward to working with him.”

“Caoimhín is a young keeper full of talent who has already proven how he can perform in the Premier league as well as Europe”

First-team goalkeeper coach Manu Sotelo

Born in Cork, Kelleher joined Liverpool in the summer of 2015 from Ringmahon Rangers, progressing through the youth ranks before establishing himself as a member of the first-team squad.

The now 26-year-old got his first taste of silverware in 2019 when he was named amongst the substitutes for the 2-0 Champions League final win against Tottenham Hotspur.

Another trophy followed that August in the form of the UEFA Super Cup before he made his competitive debut for the club in a 2-0 Carabao Cup victory against Milton Keynes Dons a month later.

He played twice more in that competition and also featured once in the FA Cup in 2019/20, a season that saw him pick up his first Premier League winners’ medal.

Kelleher made his Champions League bow in December 2020 in a 1-0 win against Ajax before, five days later, he marked his first league appearance with another clean sheet as the Reds defeated Wolves 4-0.

In the process, Kelleher became the youngest Liverpool goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet on their Premier League debut.

Another club record the Irishman can boast is winning four penalty shoot-outs, more than any other keeper for the Reds.

The most memorable of those came in 2022, when he scored the decisive spot-kick in the Carabao Cup final against Chelsea.”

##Let’s not forget him that following an injury to Alisson in October 2024, Kelleher played several matches including a home tie with Real Madrid in the Champions League. He saved a penalty in the match from Kylian Mbappé to maintain Liverpool’s lead in the 2–0 home win

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