He remains at Anfield where he is second-choice behind Alisson Becker and is now aware that Georgian Giorgi Mamardashvili is arriving from Valencia next July.
That would appear to spell the end of Kelleher’s dream of being first-choice at Anfield.
But he had sought to leave this summer before Mamardashvili’s signing.
He said: “It has been reported that Liverpool had rejected a few bids as well. It is not always in my hands to make the decision.
“I made it clear in the last few years I want to go be a number one and play week in, week out.
“Sometimes from the outside looking in, it looks like it is 100 per cent my decision but at times it is not always in my hands.”
Kelleher acknowledged that club boss Arnie Slot’s signing of Mamardashvili just adds to his desire to leave.
He added: “The club made the decision to get another goalkeeper.
From the outside looking in, it looks like they have made a decision to go in another direction.”
But he is unsure if a January move – Forest also bid for him at the start of the year – could yet happen.
Kelleher continued: “I am not sure, to be honest, it’s a quick turnaround since the window closed last week.
“There were some bids rejected in the summer, I don’t know if that will get revisited in January maybe, them discussions need to be had in the coming months.
“But for the next few months I will be committed to Liverpool.”
It means tonight’s game with Greece is a big one for him as he knows he may not see action again before the October window and away games with Finland and Greece.
GROWING PAINS
But while frustrated with his club career, he admitted that he and Ireland are still a work in progress under new head coach Heimir Hallgrímsson.
The former Icelandic gaffer took charge in July on a contract until the end of the World Cup qualifiers next year though has said it will take time for him to get to know the players.
And Kelleher said it is a two-way street, with the players still adapting with changes being made slowly to what assistant manager John O’Shea did in his four games in interim charge.
The Cork man explained: “It’s obviously been a bit of change, there’s always going to be a bit of change when the new boss comes in.
“He’s come in with some new ideas but also it’s a short period of time, it’s his first camp.
“We also need to use the basis of what we’ve been doing in the last few camps with John and Paddy (McCarthy).
“It takes time to adapt to new ideas so we need to listen to the manager’s new ideas but also implement the stuff we’ve been doing in the last few camps.
“Because if we do too much and change too quickly, obviously that’s very difficult for us players to adapt to.
“We need to take some of the new ideas and work on that throughout these camps but it’s a short period of time and it takes time to adapt.”
Asked if it was realistic to see the benefits of that in the next month or in the long-term, Kelleher acknowledged that there is no quick-fix.
He said: “It’s a short period, it’s very difficult for international managers to come in and really implement their style.
“It’s different at a club where you’re coming in and working every day. Here, it’s a few days, we come in, and then we are playing a game so it’s hard to implement them ideas.
“We’re having meetings every day, we’re really working hard and he’s trying to get his message across.
“We’re an open group and willing to learn and trying to take everything on board.
“Hopefully by October we’ll be a bit more prepared and have more of an understanding of what the manager wants us to do.
“It’s also about getting the results as well,that’s important. We’ll be more prepared in October.”
But tonight, Kelleher wants a big win to bounce back from Saturday’s deserved loss to England.
He continued: “Within the squad we definitely have a lot of belief and confidence in ourselves
“It was going to be an uphill battle always against England, second in the European Championships, obviously a squad full of great players.
“But definitely within this squad I know the quality, I see it every day when we are training, how good this squad is.
“We have confidence in ourselves and if we get a good result against Greece that will give us even more confidence and then we can push on and do well in this group.”
