Liverpool transfer news: Liverpool have been 'very smart' to snap up Naby Keita transfer
agreed a club-record deal for Keita, who moves to Merseyside from German side RB Leipzig. Jurgen Klopp made Keita one of his primary target but failed in securing midfielder after several offers were rejected.
Liverpool eventually agreed to pay £48million, plus an undisclosed premium, for the Guinea international to move to Anfield next summer. With Liverpool having confirmed the deal, Keita said: "I will become part of a project that excites me greatly.
"My commitment to RBL remains absolute for the remainder of my time at the club. "Having my future resolved means I can now focus on helping RBL achieve great things this season.
"Until I join my new club, next summer, I will remain an interested supporter from a distance.
German football journalist Raphael Honigstein said Liverpool's move to allow Keita to stay in Germany for another season will mean they will have a more experienced player when he eventually makes the move.
He told BBC Radio 5 Live: "I think it makes a lot of sense, he has had such a good season with Leipzig.
"And, he'll be, if anything, a more experienced player, some Champions League exposure, playing to a different rhythm – Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday.
"I think Liverpool have been very smart to do this deal now. Whether that decreases the pressure to do something for this transfer window, I'm not so sure.
"I still think there is a little bit of depth missing in some positions, but as I said, it makes a lot of sense to tie it up now.
Liverpool are also said to be lining up a £60million bid for Monaco's Thomas Lemar after the club-record deal for Keita.
Monaco are, however, understood to be reluctant to sell another player this summer after losing Kylian Mbappe, Bernado Silva, Benjamin Mendy and Timoue Bakyoko.
Arsenal are also interested in Lemar but Arsene Wenger insisted last week that his former club had told him the 21-year-old France international was not for sale. agreed a club-record deal for Keita, who moves to Merseyside from German side RB Leipzig.
Jurgen Klopp made Keita one of his primary target but failed in securing midfielder after several offers were rejected. Liverpool eventually agreed to pay £48million, plus an undisclosed premium, for the Guinea international to move to Anfield next summer.
With Liverpool having confirmed the deal, Keita said: "I will become part of a project that excites me greatly. "My commitment to RBL remains absolute for the remainder of my time at the club.
"Having my future resolved means I can now focus on helping RBL achieve great things this season. "Until I join my new club, next summer, I will remain an interested supporter from a distance.
German football journalist Raphael Honigstein said Liverpool's move to allow Keita to stay in Germany for another season will mean they will have a more experienced player when he eventually makes the move.
He told BBC Radio 5 Live: "I think it makes a lot of sense, he has had such a good season with Leipzig.
"And, he'll be, if anything, a more experienced player, some Champions League exposure, playing to a different rhythm – Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday.
"I think Liverpool have been very smart to do this deal now. Whether that decreases the pressure to do something for this transfer window, I'm not so sure.
"I still think there is a little bit of depth missing in some positions, but as I said, it makes a lot of sense to tie it up now.
Liverpool are also said to be lining up a £60million bid for Monaco's Thomas Lemar after the club-record deal for Keita.
Monaco are, however, understood to be reluctant to sell another player this summer after losing Kylian Mbappe, Bernado Silva, Benjamin Mendy and Timoue Bakyoko.
Arsenal are also interested in Lemar but Arsene Wenger insisted last week that his former club had told him the 21-year-old France international was not for sale.
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