Naby Keita - RB Leipzig

Leipzip is NOT selling Keita so better to manage our expectations. I believe that the club is already looking at alternatives. Maybe Paredes from Roma as a direct replacement to Lucas.

Leipzip is NOT selling Keita so better to manage our expectations. I believe that the club is already looking at alternatives. Maybe Paredes from Roma as a direct replacement to Lucas.

So after all the positive signals, where does this kick in the nuts come from.
If it's right, it's too familiar to our recent past performances on transfers.
Something's never seem to improve, however much you try and believe they will 😳

So after all the positive signals, where does this kick in the nuts come from.
If it's right, it's too familiar to our recent past performances on transfers.
Something's never seem to improve, however much you try and believe they will 😳

I think their chairman said they are not selling any of their first team players and plan on holding them for another year or so.

I always thought it'd be difficult to get Keita after 1 season tbh. We should have gotten him end of 2015/16 season when he had one of the best stats in europe for a midfielder.

I have only seen YouTube clips of him, for £50 million I would demand a player that is a recognised performer in high performing team. This stinks of a GAMBLE.

im very far from impressed....and for all you 'if Klopp wants him' fans and 'city are spending x amount in' - keep your replies to yourself

Leipzig just finished as runners-up to Bayern in the German league were he's started most games. Don't think it's a gamble at all. Type of player we should be after.

If he sends Henderson to the bench, I'm all for it.

Remind me as to how many games Kante has played at top level or CL as a matter of fact. Good players have to start somewhere, or do you expect them play regular CL while they are just 18-20?

Then again , how many CL games did Mane play too before coming here?

How many games did Reus play in CL before going to Dortmund?

See, the list can be huge here.

See that logic is flawed by all accounts.

so good players start at £50 mill now?

Kante is the exception not the rule

Mane was by no means Klopps 1st choice and admittedly he has done well so far, but how about the other players we brought and have brought in past 10 seasons? much more miss than hit, and usually ones people can tell will not work out in advance aswell.

everyone can point out one signing that turned out well, but how about the hundreds that flopped before? do they not get a mention.

My whole point on this player is that the cost based on his very limited exposure in a top (ish) league is well above what I would consider reasonable, we have over spent and been stung on multiple occasions as well. 
He is clearly someone who has not been under the pressure that comes with playing for a big team like us before and not someone who we should be shelling out a major part of our transfer on.

so good players start at £50 mill now?

Kante is the exception not the rule

Mane was by no means Klopps 1st choice and admittedly he has done well so far, but how about the other players we brought and have brought in past 10 seasons? much more miss than hit, and usually ones people can tell will not work out in advance aswell.

everyone can point out one signing that turned out well, but how about the hundreds that flopped before? do they not get a mention.

My whole point on this player is that the cost based on his very limited exposure in a top (ish) league is well above what I would consider reasonable, we have over spent and been stung on multiple occasions as well. 
He is clearly someone who has not been under the pressure that comes with playing for a big team like us before and not someone who we should be shelling out a major part of our transfer on.

Look, transfer costs are fu**ed up in today's market. I'll admit that. When you have players like Ibe going for 15 Million,  you have Real Madrid paying 45 Mil for a kid who is just 16. If you try to look at the market with that view, 50 million is nothing. We got Mane for 30 million when he was inconsistent for most his time at Southampton. And here we have a consistent player who just helped RB Leipzeg secure their first ever Champions League campaign. See prices are inflated, whether you want to accept it or not.

Another example - Pogba went for 90 million pounds. 

As for Kante being exception? I guess you need to watch a bit more football. Remember we had a certain Javier Mashcerano, who was ......a West Ham player, and couldn't get a f**king game there . If you try to find examples like Kante, I'm pretty sure if we dig deep enough, the numbers will be quite a few. So no, he is no exception.

Good players will always be good, regardless of who they are playing for.

I do think Klopp knows what he is doing here.

so good players start at £50 mill now?
Similar background of experience to Kante then. And after one season with Leicester, most of the big clubs in Europe were suddenly interested, and still are !

Kante is the exception not the rule

Mane was by no means Klopps 1st choice and admittedly he has done well so far, but how about the other players we brought and have brought in past 10 seasons? much more miss than hit, and usually ones people can tell will not work out in advance aswell.

everyone can point out one signing that turned out well, but how about the hundreds that flopped before? do they not get a mention.

My whole point on this player is that the cost based on his very limited exposure in a top (ish) league is well above what I would consider reasonable, we have over spent and been stung on multiple occasions as well. 
He is clearly someone who has not been under the pressure that comes with playing for a big team like us before and not someone who we should be shelling out a major part of our transfer on.

By the sounds of his interview, he has no intention of going anywhere this summer.

Not gonna happen for us 😟

Well we're already down to our 2nd choice at left back & winger, might as well go for 2nd choice at CM too.

RB Leipzig are supposedly bringing in Konrad Laimer from sister club RB Salzburg, might be paving way for Keita's exit!

... or may be they are just strengthening their midfield options for the CL campaign! whatever..

Since its silly season, with some of us thus far adding potential signings I thought F**k it, why not join in the fun and adorn all you lesser mortals with my penny's worth,      ,


                                            Aubameyang
                         Firmino                                   Mane
                                              Coutinho 
                                   Keita                    Can

                                New LB    VVD   Matip    TAA

                                               Butland

 Bench; Mignolet, Clyne, Henderson, Lallana, Willian, Sturridge, Lovren


  The engraver has sharpened his tools ppl, in preparation of scribing our name as CHAMPIONS !!!


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I'd rather go for Seri from Nice, he would be way cheaper i guess.

His song could be "Seri - What time is it!?"

Well I've never seen this lad play. We do though desperately need a quality box to box midfielder (who doesn't?) and if Jürgen thinks he's worth it, then so do I. Pay whatever it costs.

She gets info from the club. For what reasons is maybe a question, but she does.

Just because she posed with a photo of Klopp doesn't mean anybody at the club tells her anything. There is a reason why the mods won't let us type g oal.com without it changing to talkaloadofbull.com automatically. There was no way we were paying 50m for any player. The fact only talkaloadofbull.com was reporting this should have gave an indication to Melissa Reddy being an unreliable source. The fact you guys believed it after it was posted on her Twitter makes it worse.

Just because she posed with a photo of Klopp doesn't mean anybody at the club tells her anything. There is a reason why the mods won't let us type g oal.com without it changing to talkaloadofbull.com automatically. There was no way we were paying 50m for any player. The fact only talkaloadofbull.com was reporting this should have gave an indication to Mesllia Reddy being an unreliable source. The fact you guys believed it after it was posted on her Twitter makes it even worse.

Mate, she gets her info from the club, just like Joyce and Barrett.

End of. Now you can believe me or not, I honestly don't give a sh*t.


















She does, though.

Just because she posed with a photo of Klopp doesn't mean anybody at the club tells her anything. There is a reason why the mods won't let us type g oal.com without it changing to talkaloadofbull.com automatically. There was no way we were paying 50m for any player. The fact only talkaloadofbull.com was reporting this should have gave an indication to Melissa Reddy being an unreliable source. The fact you guys believed it after it was posted on her Twitter makes it worse.

Just because talkaloadofbull.com isn't reliable at the best of times it doesn't mean the same goes for her.

Just because she posed with a photo of Klopp doesn't mean anybody at the club tells her anything. There is a reason why the mods won't let us type g oal.com without it changing to talkaloadofbull.com automatically. There was no way we were paying 50m for any player. The fact only talkaloadofbull.com was reporting this should have gave an indication to Melissa Reddy being an unreliable source. The fact you guys believed it after it was posted on her Twitter makes it worse.

She's an insider, you not believing it (or not wanting to) doesn't make it a fact. Now whether the info she's getting is accurate, or just put out by the club for a certain narrative, that's up for debate, but  she does have exclusive access to the club regardless of what you think or say. 

She's an insider, you not believing it (or not wanting to) doesn't make it a fact. Now whether the info she's getting is accurate, or just put out by the club for a certain narrative, that's up for debate, but  she does have exclusive access to the club regardless of what you think or say. 

Word!

So thankful for the Ignore feature....

So thankful for the Ignore feature....

But that way you might miss out on some comedy genius posts 

If he sends Henderson to the bench, I'm all for it.

"We opened with a quiz, and so we’ll close with a quiz. All these stats refer to players who played only in midfield and logged at least 2,000 minutes.

Player number one: he was the busiest player in the league, making 87.4 passes per 90 minutes.

Player number two: he had the best touch in the league among midfielders, guilty of only 0.4 unsuccessful touches per 90 minutes.

Player number three: he was the hardest midfielder to dispossess, losing the ball to an opponent only 0.5 times per 90 minutes.

Take your time on this one.

Need hints? All three of these players played for a team in red shirts.

More? All three of these players wore number 14.

The answers? Jordan Henderson, Jordan Henderson, and Jordan Henderson. And from now on, that’s JFH for short."

Jog on