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German Bundesliga side RB Leipzig agreed to a deal to release their star man Naby Keita to Liverpool next season after the Merseyside club triggered the player’s release clause. Jurgen Klopp and his team relentlessly pursued the Guinea star all summer but they could not seal the deal, and eventually agreed at the end of August to a deal that would be completed next year.

The player’s release clause was £48 million but The Reds paid extra £7 million to ensure they have him next season. The CEO Oliver Mintzlaff and the club’s sporting director Ralf Rangnick were insistent on the talented 22-year old remaining in Germany, thinking Liverpool would never pay above his release clause.
The player only joined in 2016 and the clause was expected to come into play next summer. Mintzlaff said he did not expect Liverpool to meet their expectations but when they did, Leipzig could no longer refuse. Read More