Brentford have signed goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher from Liverpool on a five-year contract, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.
The 26-year-old will replace Dutch goalkeeper Mark Flekken, who joined Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen on a three-year deal.
Kelleher’s contract also includes an option for a 12-month extension, with British media valuing the deal at around 18 million pounds ($24.35 million).
“I am very pleased to welcome Caoimhin to Brentford. We have scouted him in the past and were aware that he had a year to go on his contract with Liverpool this summer,” Brentford’s Director of Football Phil Giles said.
Kelleher, who has earned 22 caps for Ireland, has made 67 appearances for Liverpool across all competitions.
In his 10-year career with Liverpool, he won two Premier League titles, the Champions League, the FA Cup, two Carabao Cups and the UEFA Super Cup.
Meanwhile, Flekken, 31, will return to Germany since leaving Freiburg after two seasons at Brentford, where he made 74 appearances in the Premier League.
“Mark Flekken possesses a wide range of skills that a goalkeeper in modern top-flight football must possess,” Leverkusen Sporting Director Simon Rolfes said.
“Mark exudes an impressive physical presence; from a footballing perspective, he has certainly been one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League over the past two years.”
Flekken, who has played eight times for the Netherlands, has spent the majority of his career in Germany with clubs including Freiburg and Duisburg.
Leverkusen appointed former Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag as their head coach in May, replacing Xabi Alonso who left to join Real Madrid.
