Naby Keita (Liverpool -> SV Werder Bremen)

He isn't a top footballer ? Are we still pissed off with Naby for Madrid game or that he is always injured maybe . As far as I can remember the games he has played he has generally been quite good in most games and steady away can count the amount of shockers he has had on one hand

Keita is indisputably a top player/talent. He had the opportunity to come in and be a game-changer for us, but instead spent his time in the treatment room. Whenever he's had a run of games he has shown his quality but it didn't go long before he got hurt again. An absolute crying shame.

He’s been nothing short of a disaster.

Up there with Carroll, Markovic and Aqualiani.

Absolute sh*te!

He is sh*te. Fit or not, he is just sh*t. Complete waste of the kit. End of discussion.

He’s been nothing short of a disaster.

Up there with Carroll, Markovic and Aqualiani.

Absolute sh*te!

This!

All that "look at him when he's fit" bollox doesn't cut it for me.

He's never fit.

Get rid

Keita needs to go. Not only is he made of glass, he also is soft in tackling and slow. He looked good at Leipzig because they are not elite. Yes, he can play world class passes, but in 90% of cases we play against bus-parking teams where those passes do not work. Keita is best when he has the ball and space and nobody is challenging him. He‘d be a hell of a player in the 80s.

For the sake of the argument, I don't agree with the ''he's sh*te'' statement. If fit and given time to play into form he's very very good. Problem is he can't stay fit and thus we won't be seeing that ''very good'' more than 3 or 4 games at a time if we even get to see it (considering he almost did not play at all this season).

Try to get the best price we can and move on.

Maybe we are already shopping him around and his agent knows that. This would explain the ''let's divert the attention from my client's obvious fitness issues by taking a dig at the manager'' comment trying to maybe attract some interest from decent clubs because I can't see any big club being interested in him after the disastrous year he just had.

Even at his very best he would need to play with 2 work horses to shine. If he's not got 2 of Hendo/Fab/Milner and at a push Gini then he's a liability.

Wonder if Jürgen has thought maybe just shut him down for the rest of this season unless he really needs him and let him get as fit as possible for off-season, hit the drawing board and give him one more shot to stay healthy and available next season? Probably not, but just a thought.

Wonder if Jürgen has thought maybe just shut him down for the rest of this season unless he really needs him and let him get as fit as possible for off-season, hit the drawing board and give him one more shot to stay healthy and available next season? Probably not, but just a thought.

I doubt it because he can barely get through 45 mins of football.

He played something like 38 mins and collapsed in his last outing.

His body isn't up for it. He needs to go MLS where he can run past people, play delightful outside of the boot through balls, and build up his youtube portfolio for a move to Inter

Even at his very best he would need to play with 2 work horses to shine. If he's not got 2 of Hendo/Fab/Milner and at a push Gini then he's a liability.

This! Plus he’s pretty slow for a midfielder. He’s a bust. I’d rather keep Ox than him. Thiago is more than able to do what Keita could do. We need to get rid of Keita and Shaq and Origi and Minamino. We need more workhorses like Jota.

This! Plus he’s pretty slow for a midfielder. He’s a bust. I’d rather keep Ox than him. Thiago is more than able to do what Keita could do. We need to get rid of Keita and Shaq and Origi and Minamino. We need more workhorses like Jota.

Shaq

Minamino

Origi

What's the common connection here? All cheap basement buys. Minamino was a total flop. We were European Champions and should have been in for Haaland but instead ended up with the fat mate.

Reminds me of that time Milan bough Shevchenko and Spurs bought Rebrov because he knew Shev

Wonder if Jürgen has thought maybe just shut him down for the rest of this season unless he really needs him and let him get as fit as possible for off-season, hit the drawing board and give him one more shot to stay healthy and available next season? Probably not, but just a thought.

Though I rather cut my losses with him and move on I do think unless Naby wants out then Klopp will continue to try and make it work for him.

Seems his agent thought he was fit to play today and yet he wasn't even on the bench again, supposedly injured.

You'd think his agent would know if he was injured or not.

Starting to look like we've got a real problem here.

Wouldn't be surprised if Klopp told the squad who was playing and who was on the bench and Keita then declared himself injured.

That might sound like bullshit but it wouldn't be the first time this season he's spat his dummy out.

Klopp told Keita he wasn't on the Leipzig 'away' trip and instead he was leaving him behind to do 2 days fitness training and then Keita declared himself injured and unfit to train.

Two years of a injury ravaged career at LFC.

Doesn’t look like his body is robust enough for the EPL. If we can get at least half of what we paid I think it would be a good deal as I doubt we are going to suddenly see him regularly fit for the remaining 2 years, and end up letting him go for free.

Two years of a injury ravaged career at LFC.

Doesn’t look like his body is robust enough for the EPL. If we can get at least half of what we paid I think it would be a good deal as I doubt we are going to suddenly see him regularly fit for the remaining 2 years, and end up letting him go for free.

Naby is a talented player no doubt and still relatively young so hopefully a club is willing to take a gamble on him this Summer we need to replace him with a physically reliable player.

Two years of a injury ravaged career at LFC.

Doesn’t look like his body is robust enough for the EPL. If we can get at least half of what we paid I think it would be a good deal as I doubt we are going to suddenly see him regularly fit for the remaining 2 years, and end up letting him go for free.

Hasn’t contributed to any success since his arrival & if we sell him this summer he won’t be missed, which is a shame as the lad has huge potential..

Hasn’t contributed to any success since his arrival & if we sell him this summer he won’t be missed, which is a shame as the lad has huge potential..

That sums it up. The only remaining riddle is why he did pretty well injury-wise in Bundesliga while he stumbled in PL, I mean both leagues are roughly the same im terms of body demand within a serious game. IMHO Klopp‘s training method has to be scrutinized.

Offer Keita and £30 mil to Ajax for Gravenberch, with the young lad staying another season on loan.... lad is gonna be a star in very near future and Keita could shine for a team like Ajax.

Offer Keita and £30 mil to Ajax for Gravenberch, with the young lad staying another season on loan.... lad is gonna be a star in very near future and Keita could shine for a team like Ajax.

Absolute no go

Naby earns twice as much as their highest earner

Kind of odd when you think about it. We passed on Fekir because of his injury record and I don't think he's been injured much since?

Moved heaven and earth to get Keita and hasn't been able to stay fit at all.

Absolute no go

Naby earns twice as much as their highest earner

for real? that is shocking. Ajax is no small team to have such low wages.

for real? that is shocking. Ajax is no small team to have such low wages.

Wages and turnover are driven mainly by profile of the leagues and the tv revenue

The Dutch league is a stepping stone league not a destination

Kind of odd when you think about it. We passed on Fekir because of his injury record and I don't think he's been injured much since?

Moved heaven and earth to get Keita and hasn't been able to stay fit at all.

Fekir wasn't anything to do with an injury