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While the Reds’ goalkeeping department might be one of the strongest in world football, it is also accompanied by a cloud of uncertainty.

In Alisson Becker, Liverpool boast arguably the best goalkeeper in the world while in Caomhin Kelleher, they possess a quality deputy who would arguably be first-choice at the majority of their Premier League rivals.

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And beyond the pair, Vitezslav Jaros is a full international and deserving of more than just his current third-choice status.



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Yet despite the strength of such a department, Liverpool have already signed one new goalkeeper for next season after agreeing a £29m deal with Valencia for Giorgi Mamardashvili back in August.

I think he was the best goalkeeper at the Euros, so I know how good he is.

“I'm not worried but it's a little bit strange that since the moment he signed for Liverpool, his level dropped in Spain, and there's been criticism of him or maybe he will be dropped.”

Westerveld does not think Mamardashvili will displace Alisson as Liverpool’s number one, and would actually prefer the Reds to retain Kelleher’s services despite their looming arrival.

“It's obviously for the number two spot,” he said.

I'm not sure if he has some kind of agreement with the club and that's why he stayed.

“Most of the time he plays more than 20 games in the season anyway with the League Cup and everything.

“But I think his time has come that he wants to play regular football as a number one somewhere.

I think, looking at the Premier League and even the Championship, he can be the goalkeeper in almost all the teams that are there at the moment.

“He's a quality goalkeeper and he needs to play, but me as a fan, I would really like him to stay another year.

“And my fellow Dutchman, Bart Verbruggen, he got that situation last season (at Brighton).

“I think you can only do that when you are Liverpool and you play 60 games in a season - not in any other team that plays like 38 or 40 games.

“I think you can only do that if it's like one each.

That's really difficult for a goalkeeper and that's not only in a game but also in situations.

“That's why I think our goalkeepers are so good because with the League Cup and the injuries of Alisson, I think Kelleher played a lot of games and so then it's easy to mix.

“(Robin) van Persie in Holland did a stupid thing, I think.
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