{"id":6937,"date":"2017-08-28T11:15:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T15:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=6937"},"modified":"2017-08-28T11:15:58","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T15:15:58","slug":"liverpool-to-sign-naby-keita-next-summer-also-bid-for-thomas-lemar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2017\/08\/28\/liverpool-to-sign-naby-keita-next-summer-also-bid-for-thomas-lemar\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool to Sign Naby Keita Next Summer, Also Bid for Thomas Lemar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool have agreed a shock deal with RB Leipzig for Naby Keita to be completed next summer. The Guinea International will join the Reds\u00a0on 1st July 2018, after undergoing a medical today. The Anfield Side have paid a premium on his release clause this summer, which will then activate the 22-year-old&#8217;s \u00a348 million release clause for next summer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Naby Keita underwent a medical  this morning in Wilmslow. Deal agreed for him to join <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LFC<\/a> next summer<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Pearce (@JamesPearceLFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesPearceLFC\/status\/902163019886542849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>J\u00fcrgen Klopp has been trying to sign the Leipzig midfielder all summer and is a huge fan of the powerhouse midfielder. The Merseyside Club have seen multiple bids of up to \u00a370 million rejected by the German side. Now, following interest from Barcelona, Keita is on his way to Anfield for the 2018\/19 season in a spectacular deal.<\/p>\n<h1>Liverpool to Sign Naby Keita Next Summer<\/h1>\n<p>Keita has been on Klopp&#8217;s radar as a key transfer target due to his pressing and ball recovery in midfield. Described as &#8216;a mix between N&#8217;Golo Kant\u00e9 and Andres Iniesta&#8217;, the Guinean is a box to box midfielder with great upside, who will now slot into Liverpool&#8217;s midfield three behind Mohamed Salah, Sadio Man\u00e9 and Roberto Firmino. In the 2017\/18 season, Keita netted eight goals, made seven assists and created 41 chances in a season in which Leipzig finished second in the Bundesliga. Although the signing isn&#8217;t for this season, Klopp has ultimately cemented the signing of one of his key targets.<\/p>\n<h2>Also Bid for Thomas Lemar<\/h2>\n<p>This deal comes hours after the Reds&#8217; \u00a366 million bid for Monaco&#8217;s Thomas Lemar. The 21-year-old is reportedly keen on a move to Anfield, but a deal will need to be concluded soon if there is any chance of the Frenchman leaving Stade Louis II and the Ligue 1 Champions. Lemar is a versatile midfielder who can play on both wings and through the centre of midfield as a number ten. He scored 14 goals in total last season, as well as clocking up 14 assists in what was AS Monaco&#8217;s Ligue 1 title winning season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sky sources: Liverpool make bid of \u00a355.5m to Monaco for midfielder Thomas Lemar <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9tYuSLMmOs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/9tYuSLMmOs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsNews\/status\/902107520344485888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:\u00a0MAINZ, GERMANY &#8211; APRIL 05: Naby Keita of Leipzig celebrates his team&#8217;s third goal during the Bundesliga match between 1. FSV Mainz 05 and RB Leipzig at Opel Arena on April 5, 2017 in Mainz, Germany. (Photo by Simon Hofmann\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool have agreed a shock deal with RB Leipzig for Naby Keita to be completed next summer. The Guinea International will join the Reds\u00a0on 1st July 2018, after undergoing a medical today. The Anfield Side have paid a premium on his release clause this summer, which will then activate the 22-year-old&#8217;s \u00a348 million release clause [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1794,"featured_media":5858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,2,28],"tags":[234,260,126,95,1152,1025,620,352,162,1263],"class_list":["post-6937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liverpool","category-featured","category-transfers","tag-anfield","tag-as-monaco","tag-jurgen-klopp","tag-liverpool","tag-mohamed-salah","tag-naby-keita","tag-rb-leipzig","tag-roberto-firmino","tag-sadio-mane","tag-thomas-lemar"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}