Former Liverpool goalkeeper David James can see Caoimhin Kelleher agonising over his future at Anfield.
Kelleher has been forced back to the bench with Alisson Becker again fully fit.
James told the Liverpool Echo for Lucky Block: "I've met Caoimhin a few times, not that we've sat down for a long chat over a coffee, and he strikes me as someone who is capable in every department. I don't think that is in question.
"But football is a really funny industry in the sense that you don't have to be the No.1 to have a good career. He has probably got more medals than I have and played in more winning finals than I did. Therefore, you could argue he has had a better career than me. I just wanted to play. Leaving Liverpool was not to do with not liking the club, it was related to not knowing I was going to play and I had a great chance to move to Aston Villa.
"For Kelleher to go and be first-choice in a promoted side from the Championship next season, he might get exposed to a lot of things. He will play the games but not get the rewards he is getting at Liverpool by playing fewer games. I wouldn't argue with him either way over what he decides to do. To leave Liverpool would be a big ask for anyone now and if you're going to get to play in League Cup or FA Cup finals, why not do that? When you retire, people might say you played 1000 games but won nothing. If you played 300 games and won ten trophies, that's a different conversation.
"If he's happy getting the odd games and a sustained spell in the team when Alisson gets an injury, then there shouldn't be any intention for him to move. It's only when he gets his chance and performances are substandard because he hasn't played enough that he should then start to ask the question of 'Do I need to play more games to get myself back up?'
"Irrespective of whether I think Alisson is the best keeper in the world, he won't be there forever. Kelleher has got a number of years on him to take his place," continued James. "If the allure of being Liverpool's No.1 in three, four, five or six years from now is still there, why do you want to go somewhere else? If I was with and in the situation I had with Brad Friedel, I would leave. If I was him [Kelleher], being more experienced and realising I had the chance to take over as first-choice, I would hang around or have a good conversation with the club over a short-term loan. He is in a good spot and it will be a difficult ask for him to have to think about going to play somewhere else."
