Kenny 'wasn't aware of Kelleher injury'

Stephen Kenny has refused to be entangled in a war of words with Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp over the mysterious nature of exactly where Caoimhin Kelleher picked up an injury which has ruled him out of the opening part of the season.

Speaking in August, Klopp said; "Caoimhin Kelleher, I hear the Ireland manager didn't like it or was not happy. For us, he got injured while he was with Ireland, so someone there didn't pick it up and when he arrived here [for pre-season] he was still injured."

Kelleher, who was number two to Liverpool first-choice net-minder Alisson last season, started all of the Republic of Ireland's last four games in June due to the absence of the then injured Gavin Bazunu.

"With Caoimhin, if Caoimhin tweaked something in the game against Ukraine it wasn't evident by his performance. He performed very well and done everything really well. I honestly wasn't aware of him being injured at that time," said Kenny.

"This is Dr Alan Byrne's last game involved obviously. He has a reputation from being involved in 200 internationals.

"They always have medical notes on every injury, extensive notes, and we have no medical notes on Caoimhín from that camp. There's no medical notes," said Kenny.

"If he did tweak something, we weren't aware of it. He played terrifically well in the game but it’s just one of those things. We’ll all move on."

Michael Obafemi remains in the squad despite not featuring for Swansea since being the subject of a late bid from fellow English Championship side Burnley.

Obafemi scored his first international goal against Scotland last June and has one goal and one assist to date with his club this season, yet Kenny is not concerned by his recent lack of club minutes.

"It's not that he’s been out