Caoimhin Kelleher transforms future of boyhood club with £18 million Brentford transfer

After years of serving as Liverpool’s trusted understudy to Alisson Becker, Caoimhin Kelleher is lastly stepping right into a beginning position – becoming a member of Brentford in a deal price as much as £18 million.

The Republic of Eire worldwide arrives on the Bees for an preliminary £12.5 million, with a possible £5.5 million in performance-based add-ons. He’ll substitute Mark Flekken, who just lately made the change to Bayer Leverkusen.

“I don’t suppose it was very tough for me to go away [Liverpool],” Kelleher stated after finishing the transfer. “I felt for my very own profession that the time was proper for me to go, to be a primary and to play each week.”

The transfer does not simply mark a brand new chapter for Kelleher and Brentford – it’s additionally a transformative second for his boyhood membership, Ringmahon Rangers.

Based on The Solar, when Kelleher signed for Liverpool from Ringmahon at age 16 in 2015, a 20% sell-on clause was included within the deal. That clause now entitles the Munster Senior League facet – who play within the third tier of Irish soccer – to a windfall of round £2.5 million, the biggest sell-on payment ever obtained by an Irish membership.