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Interesting day on Keita with what Geb Marcotti had to say, for what that's worth, and Leipzig taking by all accounts a like-for-like player from Salzburg today.

And then to wet the appetite further you get BT's German footie expert Archie Rhind-Tutt describing him as part Kante, part Iniesta! Wouldn't know as I haven't seen him in depth but that's a heck of a combination player to add to the glowing reference list.

Still, a very tricky bit of negotiating to get through but this one is certainly alive. Along with the latest (insert any name of the past few years), player Southampton are 'definitely not selling!' *Rolls eyes.

Gonna' cost a pretty penny like but all the prep work from the end of the last window and the talking with Leipzig on and off for so long may well pay off yet.
 
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Keita is getting more and more interesting by the passing day. This from Joyce in the S.Times today:

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van Dijk and Keita want to play for Jürgen. Boston are prepared to pay to take this on another level. And with Oxlade-Chamberlain reportedly turning down Arsenal's final contract offer and keen on coming North .....

Patiently waiting out what is fixing to be a super window.
 
Keita want to play for Jürgen - did you trim that bit out?
 
Contract agreed in principle by all accounts so I'll go out on a limb and say he's a massive factor in that like. ;).
 
rumoured close to 70mil for a kid with one top league season under his belt... market is ******* mental at the min.
 
wkdsoul said:
rumoured close to 70mil for a kid with one top league season under his belt... market is ******* mental at the min.
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Time for Klopp to quit football then.

Imagine what Pogba would have gone for this summer...
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
Interesting day on Keita with what Geb Marcotti had to say, for what that's worth, and Leipzig taking by all accounts a like-for-like player from Salzburg today.

And then to wet the appetite further you get BT's German footie expert Archie Rhind-Tutt describing him as part Kante, part Iniesta! Wouldn't know as I haven't seen him in depth but that's a heck of a combination player to add to the glowing reference list.

Still, a very tricky bit of negotiating to get through but this one is certainly alive. Along with the latest (insert any name of the past few years), player Southampton are 'definitely not selling!' *Rolls eyes.

Gonna' cost a pretty penny like but all the prep work from the end of the last window and the talking with Leipzig on and off for so long may well pay off yet.
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I know Archie really well. He's talking about style of play, but he's not at all putting him on their level, or their potential.
 
I know what he said. I heard the interview.

Thank him ta. Just added to seeing why the manager wants him so much.

Good listen.
 
Honestly only seen him once. And I wasn't watching the game for him so I can't give you a personal view. But by all accounts, he's a rangier, technically better version of Kante and far more versatile. (Luis Fernandez among others have made the Iniesta comparison on his intelligence and ability on the ball.). Dependent on who you read there wasn't many better anywhere last year doing the job he done and the stats would seem to add serious weight to that. (In Bundesliga teams of the year as the only midfielder to bag 8 or more last year to add to his 7 assists/ More dribbles and interceptions than any L'pool midfielder, and second only to Henderson and Milner in tackles etc.).

I can link you later if you like but I'm honestly blind here as to a personal opinion. The manager wants to add him to the midfield group badly so that's all I need to know about his complete fit for L'pool.
 
Scouseinthehouse said:
Honestly only seen him once. And I wasn't watching the game for him so I can't give you a personal view. But by all accounts, he's a rangier, technically better version of Kante and far more versatile. (Luis Fernandez among others have made the Iniesta comparison on his intelligence and ability on the ball.). Dependent on who you read there wasn't many better anywhere last year doing the job he done and the stats would seem to add serious weight to that. (In Bundesliga teams of the year as the only midfielder to bag 8 or more last year to add to his 7 assists/ More dribbles and interceptions than any L'pool midfielder, and second only to Henderson and Milner in tackles etc.).

I can link you later if you like but I'm honestly blind here as to a personal opinion. The manager wants to add him to the midfield group badly so that's all I need to know about his complete fit for L'pool.
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He's not really anywhere as defensively disciplined as Kante. He's a box to box midfielder with very good feet and cannon of a right foot. He's not super creative but he's a tidy passer

You'd have to define better job, because there were certainly better box to box mids to watch in Europe. He's young and exciting and with lots of potential, but there was also no pressure on him and the team. That would be very different at Liverpool. I wouldn't say he was more versatile than Kante, his defensive position isn't all that great, but he gets himself out of trouble well with his stamina and speed. Very good to have higher up the pitch rather than the DM

Even in this insane market he isn't worth 70m.
 
As mentioned, there's wholly conflicting views out there to yours.

As much as I appreciate all input, I'm neither dismissing or acknowledging yours as any more valid than anything else out there. If we sign him I'll judge him then when I actually get to watch him play.
 
Well there pretty much isn't a person out there who thinks he's worth 70m that's watched him regularly, and that includes superfan Archie. Who is genuinely in love with watching him. The views aren't conflicting tbh. The likes of TAW have built him up massively
 
"I could easily see a team setting the Bundesliga transfer record right now. “If he plays regularly, that could certainly feel like good business a couple of years down the line.”

So he could be worth it, but aint yet.
 
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I'm not home to go through things in depth but there's a recruitment/ analytics guy from various clubs for one saying the opposite I've just read my dinner: Naby Keita is in a league of his own and Liverpool must spend record-breaking fee - Goal.com

Differing views.
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He's actually not saying different. Wkdsoul picks out the key line

Even now I can give you two players straight away who make more than favourable comparisons

Kevin Strootman and Radja Nainggolan

I didnt even mention the really obvious comparison to him
 
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