Liverpool goalkeeping coach John Achterberg believes Caoimhin Kelleher will get his chance to play in the first team in the near future.
Kelleher came through the ranks at Anfield and has cemented his place in the first-team squad, learning from Alisson Becker and Adrian.
Achterberg says the 21-year-old isn't far away from a first-team appearance, but admits a future loan move would help his development.
"He would like to play games and obviously that would be easier if he went out on loan, but the problem for us is we need three good goalies and he is one of our three," he told Sunday World.
"For his development, a loan move would be his next step, but the club have to make sure they have everything covered in case we have a problem with our keepers and we know it would be hard to find a keeper as good as him if we let him go out on loan.
"It's not the ideal solution for him and maybe playing matches would be what he needs now, but he is training with top players every day at Liverpool, playing in our under-23 games and that will allow him to continue to progress.
"Working with someone as good as Alisson every day for the last couple of years can only help him. He sets such high standards in everything he does and you can only learn from working with someone like that.
"The higher level you train at every day allows you to take your career up to the next level, but it would be the best solution for him to have a spell on loan at some point.
"What I would say is we would have no issue putting him into a game and I know the manager has faith in him as well.
"This manager shows great interest in everyone in his squad. He appreciates that you need a big squad to win anything and it might be that we need to play our third-choice keeper in a big game at some point."
