Naby Keïta ends the season anyway at RB Leipzig, says technical director Ralf Rangnick. Liverpool, who already assured himself last summer of the midfielder’s services from next season, hoped to take him to Anfield this month. After Philippe Coutinho’s departure to Barcelona, the top English club is ready to go far to attract Keïta already, but the number two of the Bundesliga will only leave their player after this season.
After the sale of Coutinho to Barcelona, Liverpool’s midfield was weakened. Manager Jürgen Klopp wants to end at the first four in the Premier League anyway and expects there to be a better chance of having the with Keïta in the team. Liverpool is said to be prepared to pay EUR 15 to 20 million on top of the EUR 75 million transfer price, which could lead to a total transfer sum of EUR 95 million. Leipzig does not need the money and keeps Liverpool to the agreements made last summer.
According to Rangnick, there is no question of an early switch,”The player himself has not let us know that he wants to leave now, but there is also no offer from Liverpool”, said the technical director told Sky Deutschland on Saturday evening after the 3-1 victory at Schalke 04, the duel in which Keïta took care of the opening hit,”He wants to leave us in the summer. He stays with us until the end of the season. There is no more to say about it.
