Brentford have approached Liverpool over signing goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher, talkSPORT understands.
Premier League winner Kelleher is keen to kick on in his career and become a number one.
The 26-year-old has played 67 times for Liverpool since making his debut in the 2019/20 season, including 10 Premier League appearances in their title winning campaign.
Kelleher has made no secrets about his desire to be a first choice goalkeeper, whether that be at Anfield or elsewhere.
He has played backup to Alisson Becker for his entire Reds career and Giorgi Mamardashvili will be arriving this summer to be competition.
The 24-year-old Georgian ends his season-long loan at Valencia and is coming for the top job.
“They are looking at me as the Liverpool goalkeeper for the next 10 years,” he said.
This has left Republic of Ireland international Kelleher surplus to requirements.
Speaking after Liverpool’s title celebrations following their final game of the season, Kelleher said: “I think I’ve said it before as well that like, I feel like I’m a number one and I feel like I’m good enough to play week in, week out.
“That’s what I’m looking to do. Obviously this season I was lucky enough to play a lot of games… but yeah, definitely something I’m looking at.”
Liverpool have long resisted bids for Kelleher, turning down a player-plus-cash offer from Nottingham Forest last summer.
It seems unlikely that they will be able to hold onto him much longer.
Brentford are interested in Kelleher and have approached Liverpool, with a deal expected in the region of £30m-40m.
Bees goalkeeper Mark Flekken is wanted as one of Erik ten Hag’s first signings at Bayer Leverkusen.
Brentford and Liverpool have a good working relationship, having done a deal for Sepp van den Berg last summer.
However, the west London club are unlikely to be the only Premier League suitors for the 26-year-old.
Ten Hag himself could lose a number of players to Liverpool in a huge merry-go-round.
Jeremie Frimpong is set to complete a move to Anfield as Trent Alexander-Arnold’s replacement.
Liverpool are also in poll position to sign star Leverkusen man Florian Wirtz, but any deal is at an early stage.
