He was 物陰／風下d' third-choice goalkeeper and spent last season on 貸付金 at Rochdale... now Andy Lonergan could start for Liverpool まっただ中に goalkeeping 危機 and become the oldest English 首相 League debutant since 2000

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After 存在 at Rochdale just last season, Andy Lonergan is now remarkably 始める，決める for his 首相 League 屈服する with Liverpool.

The 退役軍人 goalkeeper, who turns 36 in October, could start for Liverpool away at Southampton on Saturday in the 首相 League as they look to 持続する their 急速な／放蕩な start to the season に引き続いて their 4-1 victory over Norwich.

Never in a million years did Lonergan believe he would be called upon by Jurgen Klopp. But a calf 傷害 to Alisson and then a bizarre 後退 to Adrian, who was accidentally caught on the ankle after a fan ran の上に the pitch after the UEFA 最高の Cup victory, has given the journeyman the chance to 向こうずね.

Andy Lonergan is 始める，決める for his Liverpool 屈服する in the 首相 League against Southampton

Adrian 選ぶd up an ankle 傷害 after a fan ran on to the pitch and slid into the Spaniard

No 1 Alisson is 現在／一般に on the sidelines after 選ぶing up a calf 傷害 against Norwich

世界保健機構 IS HE?

Lonergan spent the second half of last season in League One with Rochdale, joining on an 緊急 貸付金 from Middlesbrough.

After 調印 a one-year 契約 with the 選手権 outfit, he was then 解放（する）d and became a 解放する／自由な-スパイ／執行官 in the summer.

But he has 伸び（る）d plenty of experience over the years, having started his career all the way 支援する in 2000 with Preston North End. During his 19 years as a professional, he has played for a total of 12 other clubs.??

After 貸付金 （一定の）期間s at Darlington, Blackpool, Wycombe and Swindon between 2002 and 2006, he went on to become a 永久の fixture at Deepdale until 2011.

He made a total of 228 外見s for the club, keeping 55 clean sheets, 譲歩するing 311 goals and 得点する／非難する／２０ing once.?

After his time at Deepdale （機の）カム to an end, he then moved to 物陰／風下d for a season for a 料金 of around £325,000 before 存在 bought by Bolton Wanderers, where he made 62 外見s and kept 15 clean sheets.

に引き続いて a three-year （一定の）期間 at Bolton, it was Fulham up next for Lonergan, who 以前 played for England's Under 21s, before 存在 moved on to Wolves.

A return to 物陰／風下d （機の）カム next in 2017, where he would 結局最後にはーなる as third-choice goalkeeper before 調印（する）ing a move to Middlesbrough at the start of last season.??

Lonergan has featured for 12 clubs during his 19-year career, 含むing two （一定の）期間s at 物陰／風下d

Lonergan 譲歩するs a goal playing for Bolton against Liverpool in the FA Cup 支援する in 2015

SO... WHAT'S HE DOING AT LIVERPOOL??

While he might not have the pedigree needed to help guide Liverpool to a first 首相 League 肩書を与える, he is likely to get his chance to 証明する to Klopp that he can count on him.

Having been 解放（する）d by Boro, the Reds 調印するd Lonergan - who was born in Preston - as a short-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 解答 on a 解放する／自由な 移転 予定 to Liverpool's goalkeeping 傷害 危機.?

Alisson is 推定する／予想するd to be out for between six to eight weeks after 存在 軍隊d off with a calf 傷害 in Liverpool's 開始 首相 League 遭遇（する） against Norwich at Anfield.??

Lonergan also 供給するd cover for Simon Mignolet during Liverpool's pre-season 小旅行する of the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs, which Alisson 行方不明になるd as he 回復するd from Brazil's Copa America 勝利.

But now with Adrian 選ぶing up a bizarre 傷害, Mignolet having been sold to Club Brugge and Loris Karius on 貸付金 at Besiktas, he is 始める，決める to be called upon.?

Little did Klopp know that he would have to put his 約束 in Lonergan to keep out potent attacking 軍隊s in the 首相 League.?

Little did Lonergan know that after 調印 as a 解放する／自由な スパイ／執行官 he would be called upon

Jurgen Klopp 調印するd the 35-year-old as a short-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 解答 to 直す／買収する，八百長をする 傷害 problems

LONERGAN BREAKING RECORDS ALREADY

And at the age of 35 years and 302 days, Lonergan will be the oldest Englishman to make his 首相 League debut in the 21st century if he plays against Southampton.

その上に, the last goalkeeper to make his 首相 League debut 老年の 35 or older was Andy Goram - doing so for Manchester 部隊d?against Coventry City in April 2001 老年の 37 years and 1 day.

Goram 譲歩するd twice and was 代用品，人d in the 67th minute.?

Liverpool fans will be hoping Lonergan doesn't 苦しむ the same 運命／宿命 if selected on Saturday.?

Lonergan's last 競争の激しい match was playing on 貸付金 for Rochdale against Scunthorpe 部隊d in 前線 of 3,361 on March 23.