Naby Keita

[Shaggy]

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[Cormack74]

**** me - just seen this on the beeb

[Cormack74]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41075272

Liverpool have agreed a club-record deal to sign Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita, with the player officially joining on 1 July 2018.

The Reds have agreed to pay the £48m release clause that will allow him to move next summer, plus an undisclosed premium.

The 22-year-old had been one of Jurgen Klopp's primary targets this summer, but Leipzig had refused to sell.

The deal will surpass the £35m they paid Newcastle to sign Andy Carroll.

[Paddy]

Great deal. RBL wanted him for another year, but we never gave up - Great to secure this signing and will certainly shut up the anti-FSG mob - paying a premium on top!

[Roboklopp]

Baby Keith

[RichC]

Fantastic. Gutted we've got to wait a season but we've got the guy we really wanted

[fidget]

Fantastic

[Buzzo]

It must be incredibly hard for the player to have made this dream signing but know he has to return to his old club for the next 10 months.

That said, kudos to FSG for brokering this compromise deal for a player Klopp clearly wants.

[Norbs]

https://twitter.com/TheRedmenTV/stat...67817268723713

Sweaty ****er

[Buzzo]

SKY Sports News have not even got a whisper of this on TV yet.

[Maxiedge]

I really didn't think I'd see this thread title this year!

[Shaggy]

It must be incredibly hard for the player to have made this dream signing but know he has to return to his old club for the next 10 months.

That said, kudos to FSG for brokering this compromise deal for a player Klopp clearly wants.

Quite amazing too that Keita is signing for us without any assurance at all of CL football next season. That's the pull of Jurgen.

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

Doesn't sign until July 2018 mind, but **** me, I'll take that, at the very least it means we won't lose out next year.

[rudedog]

Didn't we have a similar deal with Auxerre when we signed Cisse?

[Norbs]

He'll well regret it if we fail to qualify for the CL by the end of this season