Naby Keita

[Vermilion]

I reckon our keepers would be happy to keep goal there too.

[Norbs]

I reckon our keepers would be happy to keep goal there too.

[poorscousertommy]

€95m??!!! If we paid that we'd need our heads testing!

[fidget]

I for one don't care what it costs.
Stand there peeling 500 Euro notes off Dickinson's Real Deal style til they cave.

[Nicey]

€95m??!!! If we paid that we'd need our heads testing!

Honestly I could not care less what it cost at this stage .. he looks a complete player ... perfect for us ... there are not many players in World football can do what he or Virgil can do ... they will both kick on with us ... all players that fit this kind of profile do

[Doc_Piptorious]

I for one don't care what it costs.
Stand there peeling 500 Euro notes off Dickinson's Real Deal style til they cave.

[Nicey]

€95m??!!! If we paid that we'd need our heads testing!

Honestly I could not care less what it cost at this stage .. he looks a complete player ... perfect for us ... there are not many players in World football can do what he or Virgil can do ... they will both kick on with us ... all players that fit this kind of profile do

[marcus50bucks]

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[ChesterDave]

So he gets sent off and banned for three games and they sell but he can't play till February

[marcus50bucks]

Naby Keita to Liverpool: RB Leipzig boss Ralf Rangnick makes big claim

NABY KEITA wants to STAY at RB Leipzig until the summer, according to manager Ralf Rangnick.

By BRUCE ARCHER
PUBLISHED: 17:18, Sat, Jan 13, 2018 | UPDATED: 17:26, Sat, Jan 13, 2018

Keita starts for Schalke tonight in what is being dubbed his farewell match as talks with Liverpool continue.

Liverpool agreed a deal to sign him in the summer but want to bring him in this month after selling Philippe Coutinho.

But Rangnick stresses that the player is keen on staying put until the end of the season.

"[Naby Keita] wants to leave us in the summer,” he said.

“He will play with us until the end of the season. He is starting today. There isn't more to say."

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/904284/Naby-Keita-to-Liverpool-RB-Leipzig-boss-Ralf-Rangnick-makes-big-claim

I can't say I'm surprised. I didn't get my hopes up.

[Norbs]

Good for him, lad has integrity unlike Coutinho

[Red_Polo]

I haven't been impressed by the numbers we're quoted as needing to pay to get him in early, to be honest. I appreciate we've put ourselves in a tight spot having sold Coutinho before setting something up, but for all the "don't care how much it costs" comments it does matter and I'd sooner we put that towards a player we may otherwise completely miss out on without that extra money.

I will be disappointed if we don't get someone in during this window, but I'll principally see it as the imperfect managing of the Coutinho situation rather than a wider systemic failure of the way we approach making transfers.

[Chris]

Just scored albeit via a deflection. Been the best player on the pitch, as usual.

Did Phil's "I dont wanna be here" celebration.

[fidget]

I haven't been impressed by the numbers we're quoted as needing to pay to get him in early, to be honest. I appreciate we've put ourselves in a tight spot having sold Coutinho before setting something up, but for all the "don't care how much it costs" comments it does matter and I'd sooner we put that towards a player we may otherwise completely miss out on without that extra money.

I will be disappointed if we don't get someone in during this window, but I'll principally see it as the imperfect managing of the Coutinho situation rather than a wider systemic failure of the way we approach making transfers.

Could you explain why it "does matter" please?
Your post implies that we're scrambling about down the back of the sofa for £15m or so to secure a player who will immediately improve our midfield and help consolidate CL for next year. Who is this mythical player that we may miss out on because we have squandered our limited resources on Keita?

[Red_Polo]

Could you explain why it "does matter" please?
Your post implies that we're scrambling about down the back of the sofa for £15m or so to secure a player who will immediately improve our midfield and help consolidate CL for next year. Who is this mythical player that we may miss out on because we have squandered our limited resources on Keita?

The scrambling about down the back of the sofa analogy is definitely yours rather than mine. Of course, you know I didn't say that, just like you know I didn't suggest there was a specific player we would now miss out on, but I prefer discussions with people on their actual rather than imagined positions.

So to be clear, our resources are finite and I think some of the figures being thrown around for an extra 4 months of Keita are less than favourable - reflective of that fact that we find ourselves in a ****ty position. So I will be disappointed if we don't get someone in, but will understand this may be more down to the tight spot we are in rather than FSG being ******s.