Boss Brendan Rodgers has widened keeper search to include 22-year-old who started all 3 matches for Australia at the World Cup in Brazil

Liverpool have identified Australia goalkeeper Mathew Ryan as a possible rival for Simon Mignolet.

But the Reds' boss Brendan Rodgers is prepared to wait until the summer to sign a new goalkeeper if he feels he cannot get what he wants this month.

Ryan, 22, has impressed for Bruges since joining the Belgian side in 2013 and is currently playing for the Socceroos in the Asian Cup after starting all three matches at the World Cup in Brazil.

Liverpool's transfer committee have also proposed Fiorentina's Neto , but Rodgers is not sure if the Brazilian is the long-term answer to his goalkeeping problems.

Rodgers is hamstrung because he has little cash to spend this month and may persist with Mignolet until the end of the season when he will have more options.

Anfield boss Rodgers would be taking a risk and Mignolet's confidence was hit when he axed him last month.

Rodgers only brought the former Sunderland stopper back when understudy Brad Jones injured his thigh and the Australian did not impress during his spell in the first team.

Liverpool have picked up in recent weeks and Rodgers feels they can maintain this momentum and challenge for silverware, despite the uncertainty in goal.

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LIVERPOOL is interested in Mat Ryan after the Club Brugge No. 1 was named Belgian Pro League keeper of the year for the second straight season on Thursday.

The 22-year-old Aussie - currently with the Socceroos in Australia for the Asian Cup - has played in Belgium for only two seasons, but has picked up the gong twice thanks to his superb form for the ladder leaders.

And his consistency hasn’t gone unnoticed, with the Guardian reporting Reds manager Brendan Rodgers to be “monitoring” his situation.

“The Liverpool manager has expressed concern over Mignolet’s struggle to adapt to the team’s style since his £9m move from Sunderland in 2013 and second-choice Brad Jones is out of contract at the end of the season,” Andy Hunter writes.

Former Central Coast Mariners shotstopper Ryan signed a four-year extension with the Belgian club in November, but that isn’t expected to deter Rodgers, who is in the market for a two No.1s, according to the Guardian.

For now, Ryan’s focus will be on the Asian Cup and a group-deciding clash with South Korea in Brisbane on Saturday night.

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Bowden ill give it to u i wasnt the biggest fan of Ryan but i think he has proved me wrong. Im a believr still think Mitch deserves a shot but Ryan has shown he has what it takes to become a world class keeper (if he already isnt)

My mistake re other thread, don't visit here often

Cue liverpool hater comments.

Honestly though, he has 1 shit game and he'll be thrown to the bench. EPL managers/supporters are as fickle as they come.

Better to go to a league with a long-term view who actually value GK's with good feet.

Have you watched Liverpool this year? Brad jones... BRAD JONES got 3-4 starts, Mignolet is still playing.

he is 5x the keeper Jones is, makes less errors than mignolet and has much better distribution. Plus he is more the style of keeper we need than either of those two.

Champions League football Vs mid table EPL club.

6 extra games against 1 maybe 2 (very rarely 3) exceptional opposition per season Vs consistently good opposition and facing exceptional opposition every 4 games or less.

Liverpool deserve better than a fraud.

Why do you keep calling him that?

6 extra games against 1 maybe 2 (very rarely 3) exceptional opposition per season Vs consistently good opposition and facing exceptional opposition every 4 games or less.

"I'm not being too harsh on him. Not at all. He's worse than Dracula, because at least Dracula comes out of his coffin now and then. He seems to stay on his line and that's it.

Will always be a fraud until he learns how to spell his name correctly.

As speculation mounts on Ryan's next move, his representative, former Danish international Mikkel Beck said the clause – believed to be in the region of $5 million – was crucial to Ryan agreeing to re-sign for the Belgium Pro League leader in November until June 2018.

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"Let's put it this way: it's a price that the big clubs can pay. It took a long time for him to re-sign because we wanted the right contract, there had to be certain points and one of them was to have this clause in his contract – and we go what we wanted."

I'm not Mat's biggest fan, I think Mitch is more talented than him, but if Mat gets the Liverpool gig, then good on him.

Maybe Mitch should take the Club Brugge role?

Because that's his decision and all? :lol:

-PB

I bet foxsports just started this rumor with no evidence what so ever