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24th February 2022, 06:01 PM
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Caoimhín Kelleher: from childhood striker to Liverpool’s cup final keeper
The ‘skinny boy from Ireland’ will start the Carabao Cup final against Chelsea and has his eye on becoming an Anfield legend
Caoimhín Kelleher is a John Achterberg project, according to Jürgen Klopp, in the sense that Liverpool’s goalkeeping coach was convinced the “skinny boy from Ireland standing in this big goal” had first-team potential when others harboured doubts.
Another Achterberg project is the goalkeeper mural at Liverpool’s Axa training centre, a work he commissioned from the local artist John Culshaw to commemorate those with a hand in shaping the club’s history – from Elisha Scott to Tommy Lawrence, Ray Clemence to Bruce Grobbelaar, Jerzy Dudek to Alisson – and which decorates a wall behind the keepers’ training area.
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