Liverpool star 'informs friends he wants to leave' after telling Arne Slot admission

Caoimhin Kelleher has reportedly told friends that he wants to leave Liverpool next summer, with Arne Slot seemingly having made his mind up on his position at Anfield.

Kelleher has found himself back in the side in recent weeks as he’s deputized for the injured Alisson Becker, having also played for a long spell last season. The Irishman has impressed once again, helping Liverpool to the top of the Premier League and Champions League after keeping four clean sheets in his eight appearances so far.

His future looks as though it could lie away from Anfield though. Kelleher has already been honest in admitting he wants to become a No.1, which looks to have been made even harder for him at Liverpool with Giorgi Mamardashvili set to arrive from Valencia next summer.

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What’s more, Slot recently confirmed his plan to reinstate Alisson as his first-choice goalkeeper, despite Kelleher’s good form.

"First of all, Alisson needs to become fit and I've always been quite clear and that's always been the position of Alisson that he is, and will be, our first goalkeeper if he is fit,” Slot said.

"But therefore he first needs to be it, but Caoimhin has done outstanding last season and this season again as well. But the moment Alisson will be fit he will be our first goalkeeper."

Now, Football Insider claims Kelleher has made his intentions clear to his friends, with the 25-year-old eyeing up an exit from Liverpool. It’s suggested that he has confirmed he will look to move on unless he’s given assurances about regular playing time at Anfield.

Several clubs are claimed to be set to enter the race for his signature, while it’s also said that Celtic has earmarked Kelleher as a long-term replacement for Kasper Schmeichel, with the former Leicester goalkeeper having recently turned 38.

“I was quite clear [last summer] that I wanted to play first-team football, whether that was here or elsewhere. I wanted to be a No 1,” Kelleher told The Telegraph last month.

“That was my thought process – but it’s always been my thought process because obviously I am a football player and, like every player, I want to play. I’m not going to enjoy myself or be happy sitting on the bench.

“The best thing I can do is go and play well and, yeah, maybe give the manager something to think about, give him a headache maybe."