Caoimhín Kelleher

[The_weatherman]

Almost hope he goes He deserves a great career. Would be nice to have buy back though.

[red g]

All change it seems. Adrian is out of contract and our youngster Marcelo Pitaluga is also being 'monitored' by AC & Atletico ( Twitter rumours)

[Rigadon]

Lot of chatter in Cork that he is leaving in the summer and that he has told Klopp of his wish to go.

Seems that the chatter came from a family member.

Where do you think he'll go? Another PL team or abroad?

[Doc_Piptorious]

Where do you think he'll go? Another PL team or abroad?

PL I would guess. He looks to be potentially good enough to be a starter for half the clubs in the league.


Could see him starting for Leicester or West Ham.

Maybe even a club like Spurs might be interested.


The big knock against him is his lack of experience. He is 24 and only has 20 club games to his name.

Through in his nine caps for Ireland and that only brings him to 29 senior games at 24 years of age.

What is in his favour is that he looked really good for most of those senior games.

Think the lack of experience would have a big impact on his price tbh and could see him go for 15m to 20m. I say 15m to 20m as I think the little experience he does have is at a high level.

Trying to think of another Irish or British keeper that went for big money with so little senior experience and the best I can think of would be Pickford ( 35 games with a PL team and 121 games on loan in lower leagues before moving to Everton) , Ramsdale (81 games - 75 in the PL before moving to Arsenal) and maybe the best comparison in Bazunu (78 lower league games before his move to Southampton for 12m and he is the guy keeping Kelleher out of the Irish team)

[Pablo]

Combination of too good and too young to be a backup. I want a big fee for him though as I think he has a high ceiling. £20m+ or **** off.

[baitman]

We can replace him with a keeper who's name we can pronounce

[Tribute]

Combination of too good and too young to be a backup. I want a big fee for him though as I think he has a high ceiling. £20m+ or **** off.

He's worth that for the penalty saves alone. He's got a great potential career ahead of him and seems a nice, down to earth lad.

Top half of the table, even Europa League sides would not be beyond his skills and potential. £20m would be decent for his age and potential.

[Pablo]

Honestly if I was a Premier League manager looking for a first choice keeper I'd take a punt on him for £20m.

I do think he would suit another team who passes it out from the back though as he's really good with his feet.

[chadrtc]

Honestly if I was a Premier League manager looking for a first choice keeper I'd take a punt on him for £20m.

I do think he would suit another team who passes it out from the back though as he's really good with his feet.

He’s actually worth quite a bit more than 20m based on the time remaining on his deal and the current market. I’d have his value in the 35-40m bracket, not that I think we’ll get that.

Not sure I’d accept any less than 30m is he does have 3 years left.

[Rigadon]

PL I would guess. He looks to be potentially good enough to be a starter for half the clubs in the league.


Could see him starting for Leicester or West Ham.

Maybe even a club like Spurs might be interested.


The big knock against him is his lack of experience. He is 24 and only has 20 club games to his name.

Through in his nine caps for Ireland and that only brings him to 29 senior games at 24 years of age.

What is in his favour is that he looked really good for most of those senior games.

Think the lack of experience would have a big impact on his price tbh and could see him go for 15m to 20m. I say 15m to 20m as I think the little experience he does have is at a high level.

Trying to think of another Irish or British keeper that went for big money with so little senior experience and the best I can think of would be Pickford ( 35 games with a PL team and 121 games on loan in lower leagues before moving to Everton) , Ramsdale (81 games - 75 in the PL before moving to Arsenal) and maybe the best comparison in Bazunu (78 lower league games before his move to Southampton for 12m and he is the guy keeping Kelleher out of the Irish team)

I was thinking Spurs or West Ham.

[Doc_Piptorious]

We can replace him with a keeper who's name we can pronounce

Speak for yourself, ya wee sassanach!

Or sassenach as the jocks here might call you

[Tribute]

He’s actually worth quite a bit more than 20m based on the time remaining on his deal and the current market. I’d have his value in the 35-40m bracket, not that I think we’ll get that.

Not sure I’d accept any less than 30m is he does have 3 years left.

He'd be worth twice as much as Pickford as he has proper length arms, too...

[frank the tank]

Can see Spurs signing Martinez and perhaps Queeeeeve going to Villa.

Would be a great signing for any team in the league. City or Liverpool he would be on the bench but I think he might start for any other team tbh.

If he went for 20m that would be a steal but i think it will be for a lot more than that to be honest. Didnt Gibbs White go for something stupid like 40m to Forest in the summer.

Maybe he goes to West Ham in part exchange for Rice???

[S-RED]

20mill is way too low; we don't need to sell his contract is long.

40 mill, with a buy back number included for 3 years time, when Ali leaaves/needs replacing.

He is that good if we release him, we will reget it post Klopp era.

[Doc_Piptorious]

20mill is way too low; we don't need to sell his contract is long.

40 mill, with a buy back number included for 3 years time, when Ali leaaves/needs replacing.

He is that good if we release him, we will reget it post Klopp era.

We think he is that good, but other clubs will, imo of course, see a guy who at 24 has 20 games to his name and how guys with four or five times as many games went for fees in the 12m to 30m range.

Just thought of another good keeper that went for about £12m. Mike Maignan and he had over 200 games to his name.


So if we are selling we will point to the high quality performances but a buyer will point to the low sample size. End of the day he will sell, if sold, for whatever we are willing to accept or another club is willing to offer.

Be very surprised if he went for anything close to 40m though. Really good experienced keepers still only scrape that sort of figure and usually less.

The fourth biggest transfer fee for a keeper ever is 40m.

List may be slightly out of date

• Kepa Arrizabalaga Athletic Club to Chelsea €80m 2018-19
• Alisson Roma to Liverpool €62.5m 2018-19
• Gianluigi Buffon Parma to Juventus €52.88m 2001-02
• Ederson Benfica to Manchester City €40m 2017-18
• Jasper Cillesen Barcelona to Valencia €35m 2019-20
• Thibaut Courtois Chelsea to Real Madrid €35m 2018-19
• Manuel Neuer Schalke to Bayern Munich €30m 2011-12
• Jordan Pickford Sunderland to Everton €28.5m 2017-18
• Aaron Ramsdale Sheffield United to Arsenal €28m 2021-22
• Francesco Toldo Fiorentina to Inter Milan €26.5m 2001-02

20m and a solid sell on and/or buy back option would be a good deal imo.