Liverpool goalkeeper targets: All the options linked in 2024 as Mamardashvili rumours intensify

Liverpool are thought to be set to recruit at least one goalkeeper in the upcoming transfer window as their backups to Alisson Becker grow discontent.

Adrian has left the club to return to his native Spain, while Caoimhin Kelleher has grown weary of life in the big Brazilian’s shadow.

Kelleher has earned great praise for his role as deputy at Liverpool. However, the club have suggested they won’t stand in his way if he has the chance to become a first-choice keeper somewhere else.

Here TEAMtalk breaks down the shortlist of goalkeepers that Liverpool could bring in as backup – or a potential successor – to Alisson.

Justin Bijlow

Club: Feyenoord

Age: 26

Contract expires: 2026

Since Arne Slot was appointed as Liverpool’s new head coach, several Feyenoord players have been tipped to follow him. Reports in the Netherlands have indicated that Liverpool have been monitoring his no.1 keeper from his former club – even before they settled on Slot as Jurgen Klopp’s successor – but could face competition from Arsenal for a player now worth considerably less than last summer’s €25m asking price.

Giorgi Mamardashvili

Club: Valencia

Age: 23

Contract expires: 2027

A member of Georgia’s squad at Euro 2024, Giorgi Mamardashvili had a productive campaign with Valencia and has attracted interest from the Premier League. Reports have added Liverpool into the mix of his suitors, but that would be as a replacement for Alisson – if the Saudi Pro League manages to prise him out of Anfield – and not as a backup. The most recent plans point towards Liverpool signing Mamardashvili while they can and loaning him out until Alisson moves on.

Alex McCarthy

Club: Southampton

Age: 34

Contract expires: 2026

Experienced Southampton goalkeeper Alex McCarthy is seen as a potentially ideal backup keeper. He would likely serve as a temporary solution to Liverpool’s potential depth issues between the sticks with younger candidates thought to be preferred over the longer term. However, as TEAMtalk forecasted, Southampton have since tied McCarthy down to a new contract.

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Anthony Patterson

Club: Sunderland

Age: 24

Contract expires: 2028

A younger, more long-term option for Liverpool is Sunderland goalkeeper Anthony Patterson. Patterson was the Black Cats’ first choice keeper last season starting 45 matches in the Championship and keeping 13 clean sheets in league competition. He has come through the youth system at Sunderland although he has enjoyed two loan spells at Notts County. He is the most promising of the trio of homegrown stoppers linked with the Reds but is also likely to be the most expensive of the three.

James Trafford

Club: Burnley

Age: 21

Contract expires: 2027

James Trafford endured a baptism of fire in his first senior Premier League campaign with Burnley after joining the club last July for a fee reported to be in the region of £15 million. He played 28 matches for Burnley through the Premier League campaign letting in 62 goals in that time and keeping just two clean sheets. Still, he has potential as a future Premier League stopper for a top team. Given that he is tied to the club until 2027 it is unlikely that Burnley would accept anything less than £20 million to let him leave this summer.

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