Liam Kelly looks set to leave Motherwell this season, with Celtic reportedly interested in the club captain. What will his Fir Park legacy be?
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Whether he goes to Celtic or not – and it would surely only be a good move for him in a financial sense, given he would undoubtedly assume a similar role to what Scott Bain occupies at present - his departure from Fir Park looks inevitable, despite manager Kettlewell’s rather forlorn-sounding protestations that it is not yet a fait accompli that he will be shopping around for a new number one in the coming weeks.
Kelly said recently after some poor errors under high balls that he is his own biggest critic, so he will probably agree that he has had some moments to forget this term. The opening goal against Morton in the Scottish Cup, for one, and the corner that flew directly over his head and in against Dundee at Dens Park a few weeks ago spring immediately to mind.
And while Kelly has split opinions among the ‘Well support over his time at the club, the one thing we can all probably agree on is that his leadership qualities will certainly be missed, with Kettlewell lauding him today for the way he runs the dressing room. to help them in their quest to replace him. And with long-time back-up Aston Oxborough also out of contract, it will be interesting to see what the plans for the goalkeeping position are in the summer.Will the carrot of starting the season as number one entice Oxborough to stay? Is he good enough to step into Kelly’s shoes? No one really knows apart from Kettlewell, with his brief League Cup cameos at the start of the season not really enough evidence for the rest of us to go on.
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