John O'Shea: Ireland to benefit wherever Caoimhín Kelleher plays his football

Kelleher has spoken in times past of his wish to avail of regular first-team football across the water.

Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher during a Republic of Ireland training session. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Final confirmation of his move from Liverpool to Brentford has still to drop but Caoimhín Kelleher was back in Dublin on Tuesday training with the Republic of Ireland ahead of their Friday friendly against Senegal.

The move is as good as done, but it wouldn’t do for anyone in the Ireland camp to be declaring that publicly. So it was that John O’Shea had to go around the houses when discussing the potential worth of the transfer to the national team.