Naby Keita - Stick or Twist

[kemskem]

1 hour ago, Red74 said:

I didn’t realise he was so young and feel that coming here with a massive price tag on his head could do him more harm than good. However, you’ve obviously seen a lot more of him than I have and I’ll go with what you say. If we brought him, sancho and Werner in this summer hopefully they can take the time to settle in together with having a similar age and background we can ease them into the team later in the season without them having the instant pressure put on them.

 

We’ve waited decades to be able to strengthen while we’re at the top. Hopefully if we land these 3 they can keep us up there.

I thought he looked like he had the the ball on a string in a YouTube video I saw of him (not that I'd go by a YouTube video of course). He takes the spot-kicks for them as well at 20 so he's probably got a bit about him. Klopp would have to be sure he's got the right character and be convinced of his defensive capabilities before he'd break our transfer record with him, though.

[Captain Turdseye]

13 minutes ago, Red74 said:

Other than Mbappe is there any other player at sancho’s age whose delivering numbers like he does at that level who suits the way we play. 

With Manè and Mo off to the afcon in the winter, I’d rather we had him to bring in with Werner than rely on Divock and Brewster. 
 

players like him become cheap over the long term. Better going big once than having to pay £20m plus every summer to plug that gap

 

therell be enough Deadwood outgoings in the summer to cover his price

 

I don’t know, I’ve just got a bad feeling about it at the money being talked about. He’s a bit young and far too English for my liking to come in as our record signing and instantly be our top earner. He could easily think to himself, “that’s it, I’ve made it” and drop off. He hasn’t done it over a consistent enough period of time to be a £100m+ and £200k p/w player for me. 

[Red74]

2 minutes ago, Captain Turdseye said:

I don’t know, I’ve just got a bad feeling about it at the money being talked about. He’s a bit young and far too English for my liking to come in as our record signing and instantly be our top earner. He could easily think to himself, “that’s it, I’ve made it” and drop off. He hasn’t done it over a consistent enough period of time to be a £100m+ and £200k p/w player for me. 

I read today that there’s rumours he didn’t sign that new contract with Dortmund so we might get him cheaper than that. Can’t see him getting £200k anywhere other than Utd and he’d be mad to go there now.

 

[joe_fishfish]

I think Sancho would be brilliant for us but i don't see him coming here if all of Mane, Salah, Firmino and Werner are here.

 

Even if we sell every other option for the front three he'd still be one of five players for three positions, and arguably fifth choice.

 

Idon't see him accepting that when he's playing week in week out at Dortmund and I don't see us paying so much money for a player who isn't playing every game.

 

Would be interesting if he stayed at Dortmund for another year, and Real, Bayern and Barca continued to be "in transition" and were looking to take players off us. Although at that point they'd probably just go for Sancho himself.

 

[VladimirIlyich]

Sancho sounds like a bit of a cunt,and he plays for England,which pretty much confirms my feelings of cuntishness.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Brother has died in a football coach crash. Apologies if posted elsewhere.

[cloggypop]

Cousin, apparently. Sounds horrendous. 

 

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-midfielder-naby-keitas-cousin-17876134

[JagSquared]

2 hours ago, cloggypop said:

Cousin, apparently. Sounds horrendous. 

 

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-midfielder-naby-keitas-cousin-17876134

That link doesn’t go anywhere?

 

awful news whether it’s a cousin or brother 

[Bjornebye]

Thats awful news. 

[cloggypop]

16 minutes ago, JagSquared said:

That link doesn’t go anywhere?

 

awful news whether it’s a cousin or brother 

Update, his cousin is alive. 

 

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/naby-keitas-cousin-hospital-after-17878088

 

Still 9 dead like. 

[Red74]

 

well it looks like I got this one wrong 

[Elite]

Just what we need. A player that actually plays well after a break.

[chrisbonnie]

im goig to sound rather moronic. 

 

But is Havertz fast at all? I wont lie, i rarely watch the bundesliga, so ive never seen the lad play.

 

But if there's one thing Klopp values, its fast players. 

[El Rojo]

Havertz looks great. I’d take him over Cantwell (aka the English Lallana). 

[Numero Veinticinco]

13 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

Havertz looks great. I’d take him over Cantwell (aka the English Lallana). 

For me that sounds like MBappe looks great, I’d take him over... Cantwell (the white Lallana).

[chrisbonnie]

i think id stick with Keita.

 

Surely his injury problems will stop, sooner rather than later???? 

[Elite]

Just now, chrisbonnie said:

i think id stick with Keita.

 

Surely his injury problems will stop, sooner rather than later???? 

It's usually the opposite.

[aRdja]

I think he doesn’t fancy it. No real issues but the premier league is my firm everyone.

[luxury_scruff]

I've always hoped that he would come good and be more consistent. I think the damage is more of a mental one now and he will be back off to Germany.

[Red74]

He’s been crap for almost 3 years now. True great players play through niggling injuries yet this lads out just as much as Sturridge and Lallana. 
 

Theres defo talent there but like the other 2 mentioned above. We’ll never get the chance to see it and these players never Improve. Get as much as we

can in the summer and get someone whose gonna play regularly for us.
There’s 3 top players we’re linked with playing in Germany. Surely the way we operate now he can be used as a makeweight.

[Dr Nowt]

On current form, I wouldn’t want to go into next season with Ox and Keita as our choices for attacking midfielders.

 

If you had to pick one of the two to keep as a squad player though, as it stands it would be Ox imo. He’s obviously a big personality within the group and an important part of it off-the-pitch, is homegrown in case that becomes a factor post-Brexit and has a mentality which fits with what Klopp has built here. No coincidence he got a year extension on his contract after the way he responded to a hideous injury. He’s also made more of a consistent impact on the pitch, overall.

 

Its up to Naby to make himself first choice consistently in my book, we didn’t spend £50m+ and wait a year for him to be a squad man. If he can nail down that slot in the team in the coming months, great. If not, let’s not make the same mistakes we did with Sturridge and keep losing the opportunity to bring in an upgrade in terms of consistent availability and performance level.

[3 Stacks]

Even if Keita stays, midfield definitely needs a look in the summer. Combination of a few being too inconsistent and a few with mileage that is starting to accumulate. 

[dockers_strike]

Anyone know why Naby didnt make the squad for last night? The story from Guinea FA about the death of his cousin in the bus crash was apparently incorrect and although injured, survived.

[liverpoolsno9]

On 08/03/2020 at 18:29, 3 Stacks said:

Even if Keita stays, midfield definitely needs a look in the summer. Combination of a few being too inconsistent and a few with mileage that is starting to accumulate. 

 
Inconsistent? With the Club records we’ve beaten this year? If that’s inconsistent, I’ll have some more of that. 

[Harry Squatter]

3 hours ago, dockers_strike said:

Anyone know why Naby didnt make the squad for last night? The story from Guinea FA about the death of his cousin in the bus crash was apparently incorrect and although injured, survived.

Something on Twitter saying he had no issues injury wise and that Guinean journalists said they were baffled as to why he wasnt even in the squad.