Naby Keita

[Denny Crane]

RB Leipzig owner Dietrich Mateschitz has revealed that the club have turned down an offer for Naby Keita.

 

 

 

“Lately we got a €75m offer for Naby Keita. No way! He has a contract and he will accomplish it,” Mateschitz told Bild.

 

“To sell him would not only be a proof of distrust to our fans but also the wrong sign for our players like Timo Werner, who is in demand too.”

Mateschitz talking like a man who doesn't need another yacht.

[Einch]

£66M for a player that is not for sale. Sounds about right.

[the chimp]

RB Leipzig owner Dietrich Mateschitz has revealed that the club have turned down an offer for Naby Keita.

“To sell him would not only be a proof of distrust to our fans but also the wrong sign for our players like Timo Werner, who is in demand too.”

 

I was pretty confident that we'd sign the lad but reading this I'm not so sure any more. It might well happen but I don't know how as an owner you'd be able to backtrack from this.

[Numero Veinticinco]

Mateschitz talking like a man who doesn't need another yacht.

You know Henry hasn't taken a penny out of the club, right?

[M_B]

[Bobby Hundreds]

We ain't signing him.

[Paulie Dangerously]

Think it's time to put this one to bed and look forward to Bayern signing him for 2/3rd of what we were offering next summer.  Or United just paying what RBL want this summer. 

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

I'm surprised we've bid as high as that so credit to FSG. But we still need to get him or move to plan B, whoever that is.

[Einch]

Think it's time to put this one to bed and look forward to Bayern signing him for 2/3rd of what we were offering next summer.  Or United just paying what RBL want this summer. 

 

What do you think they want? £75M? At some point we have to stop and move on although there are not many players who would be a similar player who would cost any less.

[The Golden Eel]

Looks to me like it's at the stage where he's going to have to start acting the dick or else we give it up

[RedKnight]

Better start gearing up for number two on our list.

[Jockey]

Looks to me like it's at the stage where he's going to have to start acting the dick or else we give it up

 

I think he needs to come out now and say he is staying! If he is (via his agent) giving us positive vibes - but doesn't want to agitate, then that isn't any good for us. 

[Einch]

Who would number 2 be? Thiago at Bayern? No chance of that.

[Sputnik1]

Yep, he either hands in a transfer request and agitates for the move or states he is staying. Shit or get off the pot so we can look elsewhere. If everything reported is to be believed, we have done all we can now.

[Kloppite]

Who would number 2 be? Thiago at Bayern? No chance of that.

Echo saying we could be in for Muller instead of Keita.

[Einch]

Muller? From Bayern?

[Anubis]

Fair enough. If Keita won't hand in a transfer request just move on, swiftly. However Muller is not really a like for like player.

[Grinch]

Fair enough. If Keita won't hand in a transfer request just move on, swiftly. However Muller is not really a like for like player.

 

Don't think that matters.  We somehow jumped from Gotze to Mane last year and you can't get much different there.

[RedKnight]

Racist.

[Red House]

The Muller story is just part of the echo's transfer rumours round-up. Initial story is from Bild. To be classed among the dubious ones this.

"Bild reckon that the Reds are in the market for the World Cup winner, alongside Premier League rivals Chelsea and Arsenal plus Italian champions Juventus."

[ben48]

Is'nt Kevan Nolan available.

[Sputnik1]

Maybe there's an element on how we offered the €75m, if it's structured poorly for them then of course they would turn it down. Maybe we need to improve the up front part of it or the length of time to pay it.

[Lee909]

Maybe there's an element on how we offered the €75m, if it's structured poorly for them then of course they would turn it down. Maybe we need to improve the up front part of it or the length of time to pay it.

What you dont think the 15ml upfront and further 15ml after he's scored 70 goals and played 300 games wasn't good enough

[A_S]

There's something fucking annoying about a club run by a fucking energy drink acting like a big club, when a few years ago they were absolutely nothing, yet lucked out because the initials of their club name effectively became a nice loophole for a corporation to exploit. 

 

Textbook shitness of modern footy thread stuff, right here.  

[Sputnik1]

There's something fucking annoying about a club run by a fucking energy drink acting like a big club, when a few years ago they were absolutely nothing, yet lucked out because the initials of their club name effectively became a nice loophole for a corporation to exploit. 

 

Textbook shitness of modern footy thread stuff, right here.

Well our owners lucked in with us, them being Fucking Clueless.