Naby Keita

[cream]

He's a ****ing idiot. After a stop start season and not settling properly, the last think he needed was to to go off with the national team and playing football when he clearly wasn't fit enough to play. I fear a similar season to the previous one for and he'll only have himself to blame.

[wongers]

Unfortunately players can't refuse to turn up if selected they have to go and be assessed by there countries medical staff

[Mark79]

He’s been withdrawn from AFCON and sent on holiday now.
Reoccurrence of his adductor injury, but still expected to male pre-season anyway.

Naby Keïta set to be fit for Liverpool’s pre-season tour despite Afcon injury https://www.theguardian.com/football...-states

[Fuzzy]

He's a ****ing idiot. After a stop start season and not settling properly, the last think he needed was to to go off with the national team and playing football when he clearly wasn't fit enough to play. I fear a similar season to the previous one for and he'll only have himself to blame.

Remember when Matip retired from Cameroon NT and was given a football ban for the duration of Cameroon's games in some competition?

[Chris]

He's a ****ing idiot. After a stop start season and not settling properly, the last think he needed was to to go off with the national team and playing football when he clearly wasn't fit enough to play. I fear a similar season to the previous one for and he'll only have himself to blame.

Yeah, it’s really that simple for the main man of an African country to just not go to the tournament. ****ing hell. He’s already had dickheads at his families house in Guinea!

[Saveloy]

Yeah, it’s really that simple for the main man of an African country to just not go to the tournament. ****ing hell. He’s already had dickheads at his families house in Guinea!

Sense at last! Spot on.

[cream]

I understand him having turn up but surely he can refuse to play, especially if he's injured.

[Irishnev]

I understand him having turn up but surely he can refuse to play, especially if he's injured.

Guinea have never qualified for the AFCON as far as I am aware and Naby is the national icon in football. I get that we see this with a Liverpool lens but for Naby this would've been a massive career aim for him

He would try to pay through the 'pain' same as Salah in the WC last year - they are national idols and it means so much to them

What we have no visibility to is what training/recovery programme they had him on to get him fit. They may have screwed him as well as **** pitches and opponents trying to maim him.

This shows he has got guts to play through the pain even if it messes up Liverpool's plans. I'm annoyed but I understand why.

[Mark79]

Guinea have never qualified for the AFCON as far as I am aware and Naby is the national icon in football. I get that we see this with a Liverpool lens but for Naby this would've been a massive career aim for him

He would try to pay through the 'pain' same as Salah in the WC last year - they are national idols and it means so much to them

What we have no visibility to is what training/recovery programme they had him on to get him fit. They may have screwed him as well as **** pitches and opponents trying to maim him.

This shows he has got guts to play through the pain even if it messes up Liverpool's plans. I'm annoyed but I understand why.

It's been reported that he was pressured to play against his wishes.
The Guinea manager certainly admitted to pressuring Liverpool to release him.

He had a torn adductor, there's no training programme that's going to fix that.
He needed to rest it, and at best he was only allowed half the recovery time needed.

[Buzzo]

Stand down lads Seems like he will be fit for the US tour.

[ame]https://twitter.com/anfieldhq/status/1146496135982452736[/ame]

[Phoenix07]

I'd love to be told to take a holiday.

[RedReet]

Stand down lads Seems like he will be fit for the US tour.

https://twitter.com/anfieldhq/status...96135982452736

Means nothing. Cunt still needs sold.

[danperkins]

It's a tough one I suppose, same as Salah in the World Cup, he was nowhere near fit to play but still did. Enormous pressure for these individuals to play for their country, Salah struggled initially last season too before he kicked on.... he did not need that World Cup at all.

Big season for Naby, stop start last season & looked fairly timid and naive at times. He's clearly a lovely footballer but we do need him fit and firing and we 100% need a good solid pre season with Klopp into him. IMO it would do him the world of good.

But yeah relapse so predictable playing in this particular tournament, hopefully he can get fit asap and push on. It's a weird for me as I still am not seeing him as an integral part of the side this season, I forgot about him on times last season too. It's not that I don't rate him or don't want him to succeed... he just hasn't done much for us to get excited about & I think I was guilty of bigging him up a bit too much.

[baitman]

Means nothing. Cunt still needs sold.

And give his champs league winner medal back in

[Irishnev]

It's a tough one I suppose, same as Salah in the World Cup, he was nowhere near fit to play but still did. Enormous pressure for these individuals to play for their country, Salah struggled initially last season too before he kicked on.... he did not need that World Cup at all.

Big season for Naby, stop start last season & looked fairly timid and naive at times. He's clearly a lovely footballer but we do need him fit and firing and we 100% need a good solid pre season with Klopp into him. IMO it would do him the world of good.

But yeah relapse so predictable playing in this particular tournament, hopefully he can get fit asap and push on. It's a weird for me as I still am not seeing him as an integral part of the side this season, I forgot about him on times last season too. It's not that I don't rate him or don't want him to succeed... he just hasn't done much for us to get excited about & I think I was guilty of bigging him up a bit too much.

It's a great situation to be in with him, if he gets to his RBL levels we have a phenomenal player and it he can do it under no real pressure.

I don't think we over hyped him because he was that good, I think because Salah got the ground running we wanted/expected the same from Naby