Caoimhín Kelleher’s Cork club Ringmahon Rangers set for €3m windfall from Brentford move

Irish goalkeeper expected to join London club from Liverpool for reported £12.5m initial fee

Caoimhín Kelleher joined Liverpool from Ringmahon Rangers in 2015. Photograph: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images
Caoimhín Kelleher joined Liverpool from Ringmahon Rangers in 2015. Photograph: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images

Caoimhín Kelleher’s move to Brentford will spell a €3 million pay-day for his former Cork club Ringmahon Rangers.

Kelleher is set to move to the west London club from Liverpool for a reported initial fee of £12.5 million (€15 million).

The payment to Ringmahon would be on account of a 20 per cent sell-on clause negotiated by the club when Kelleher first joined Liverpool in 2015.

The sum, which could rise based on performance-related add-ons – which could increase the transfer fee to £18 million (€21 million) – would mark the largest sell-on sum ever received by an Irish club.

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The 26-year-old attended a medical at Brentford on Monday, following which confirmation of his move is expected.

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