Caoimhín Kelleher

[Charly]

18mil is an insult. It should be nothing below 40mil. You look at his quality and he's better than some 60mil keepers. The guy is great.

He is the best backup I can remember. But I think he is down to one year on his contract, so I doubt we willl get much more.

[Catrin]

He is the best backup I can remember. But I think he is down to one year on his contract, so I doubt we willl get much more.

Harsh on Bob Boulder.

[red g]

Anyone at Brentford we could be getting the other way on the cheap? Seems an odd deal.

Mbeumo If we lose Diaz?

[danperkins]

Been a fantastic number 2 and one of the biggest compliments you can give him is that we didn't really miss Alisson that much when he was injured.

[Exiled_red]

This is a remarkable stat

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[BootRoom]

That's peanuts for this calibre of player, even with only a year left on his contract.

[SB]

Yep it does seem cheap but if he asked for that particular club we’re repaying his loyalty for staying 1- 2 extra seasons when he asked to move on. It’d be great if we had a 40% sell on clause or similar.

[vlahka]

Its frustrating we're losing an amazing 26 year old. Current keeper while awesome is 32. Allison might have another 4-6 years in him, not sure when a keepers reflexes start to really dip, but thats like saying we have another 10 of kelleher. Hate to see him leave. And for ****ing 18mill. The new keeper we signed is not even at kellehers level. Everytime Allison broke down it didnt bother me since I knew backup was fine. Wont feel that confident anymore.

[SB]

Its frustrating we're losing an amazing 26 year old. Current keeper while awesome is 32. Allison might have another 4-6 years in him, not sure when a keepers reflexes start to really dip, but thats like saying we have another 10 of kelleher. Hate to see him leave. And for ****ing 18mill. The new keeper we signed is not even at kellehers level. Everytime Allison broke down it didnt bother me since I knew backup was fine. Wont feel that confident anymore.

The rumour I read says we sell Kweeve to Brentford on the cheap and they sell their keeper to Leverkusen at a fair price & they in turn reduce the asking price for Wirtz.

[DerKrampus]

Its frustrating we're losing an amazing 26 year old. Current keeper while awesome is 32. Allison might have another 4-6 years in him, not sure when a keepers reflexes start to really dip, but thats like saying we have another 10 of kelleher. Hate to see him leave. And for ****ing 18mill. The new keeper we signed is not even at kellehers level. Everytime Allison broke down it didnt bother me since I knew backup was fine. Wont feel that confident anymore.

I don't think that's true.

[S-RED]

I think there is a bit of loyalty / agreement happening here; 12 months ago his stock was high & was pushing for a move but we needed him for the season just past. I reckon there is a bit of a stay for 12 months & then you can go at a reduced fee, thus ensuring the options open to him are greater.

Could be me just having rose tineted glasses, but Hughes/Edwards would see the benefit for both parties.



We would have got around 25mill last summer(+add ons), no more

[elrichio86]

Seeing as we rinsed Brentford last summer (£20m for van den Berg and £27.5m for Carvalho), maybe we kinda owed them one?

[vlahka]

I don't think that's true.

I do. But I guess we'll see.

[DerKrampus]

Seeing as we rinsed Brentford last summer (£20m for van den Berg and £27.5m for Carvalho), maybe we kinda owed them one?

I think van den Berg was a good buy, not sure about Carvalho though.

[Irishnev]

Seeing as we rinsed Brentford last summer (£20m for van den Berg and £27.5m for Carvalho), maybe we kinda owed them one?

I also think Leverkusen buying Flecken for so low a price could be a consideration in a round about way. Everyone helping each other out.

The most important factor is probably a loyalty one, he never kicked up a fuss and stayed patient. Depending on the clauses then 18m with one year left is good all round