{"id":204103,"date":"2025-06-22T03:06:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T03:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/204103\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T03:06:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T03:06:19","slug":"former-liverpool-star-makes-passionate-announcement-following-anfield-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/204103\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Liverpool star makes passionate announcement following Anfield exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Republic of Ireland international left Anfield earlier this month to join Brentford<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_SOCCER_Republic_15484236.jpg\" alt=\"Caoimhin Kelleher\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Caoimhin Kelleher left Liverpool earlier this month (Image: PA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Former Liverpool goalkeeper <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/caoimhin-kelleher\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Caoimhin Kelleher <\/a>has announced his engagement to partner Eimear Murphy on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/caoimhin-kelleher\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Kelleher&#8217;s<\/a> ten-year spell at Liverpool came to an end earlier this month when the Reds confirmed his move to Premier League side Brentford. The deal could be worth up to \u00a318million, with Liverpool set to receive an initial \u00a312.5 million plus add-ons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Taking to his Instagram stories on Saturday, Kelleher shared a picture announcing his engagement, having proposed on a boat during sunset. The post captures Murphy&#8217;s reaction to the question with Kelleher simply describing the moment with a love heart emoji.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/im-sure-it-jurgen-klopp-31907621\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;I&#8217;m sure of it&#8217; &#8211; Jurgen Klopp delivers glowing verdict on latest Liverpool transfer<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/anthony-gordon-sends-two-word-31907579\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anthony Gordon sends two-word response to Curtis Jones amid Liverpool transfer interest<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_Screenshot-2025-06-21-at-220603.png\" alt=\"Caoimhin Kelleher\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Caoimhin Kelleher shared the moment on social media(Image: Instagram)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Kelleher became the second major departure from the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/barclays-premier-league\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Premier LeagueLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> champions this transfer window, following <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/trent-alexander-arnold\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Trent Alexander-Arnold&#8217;s<\/a> \u00a310m move to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The 26-year-old goalkeeper had been widely tipped for a move, with several Premier League clubs evaluating their options between the sticks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">West Ham United and newly promoted Leeds United showed firm interest, while Bournemouth, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/chelsea-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Chelsea<\/a>, and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/aston-villa-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Aston Villa<\/a> were also monitoring the situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Kelleher joined Liverpool from Ringmahon Rangers in 2015 and went on to make 67 senior appearances, recording 24 clean sheets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">After rising through the academy ranks, he made his first-team debut in September 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He was the starting goalkeeper in the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/football-league-cup\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">League Cup<\/a> final wins over Chelsea in 2022 and 2024, and he also collected winners&#8217; medals in the Premier League, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/uefa-champions-league\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Champions League<\/a>, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/fa-cup\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">FA Cup<\/a>, and UEFA Super Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Notably, he holds the club record for the most penalty shoot-out victories by a Liverpool goalkeeper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">This past season, Kelleher featured 20 times for the Reds, including 10 appearances in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">His former club, Ringmahon Rangers, are set for a significant financial boost thanks to a 20% sell-on clause, potentially earning a seven-figure windfall from the transfer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Republic of Ireland international left Anfield earlier this month to join BrentfordCaoimhin Kelleher left Liverpool earlier this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,9422,393,4884,179,763,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-204103","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-caoimhin-kelleher","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-liverpool","13":"tag-liverpool-fc","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114724810541710183","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}