Klopp: There’s no chance of Caoimhín not playing at Wembley

A place at Wembley for the Carabao Cup final will put Caoimhín Kelleher a step nearer Liverpool's mural of keeping legends

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 22: Goalkeeper, Caoimhin Kelleher of Liverpool looks on prior to the Carabao Cup Quarter Final match between Liverpool and Leicester City at Anfield on December 22, 2021 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

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.