Brentford are closing in on the signing of Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher.
The 26-year-old has made it clear he wants more regular minutes and with Giorgi Mamardashvili arriving at Liverpool this summer, Kelleher’s competition was set to grow further.
He is now expected to complete a move to Brentford for a fee that could rise to £18m depending on add-ons.
Mark Flekken, who started 37 Premier League matches for Thomas Frank’s side as the Bees finished the season in the top-half of the table, is set to join Bayer Leverkusen for £8.4m.
The 31-year-old will join up with his fellow Dutchman Erik ten Hag, who has been appointed as Leverkusen’s new head coach after Xabi Alonso’s departure.
Kelleher made 10 Premier League appearances last season and featured four times in the Champions League, but his comments at the end of the campaign heavily hinted at a summer move.
“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,” Kelleher said.
“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.”
Brentford have a good relationship with Liverpool, having signed Sepp van den Berg and Fabio Carvalho last summer.
The first transfer window of the summer is now open and will run until June 10. It will then close for six days, before clubs can continue their business from June 16 onwards, up until deadline day on September 1.
