28 Aug 2017 14:30:02
Liverpool have signed Naby Keita, to join next summer.

Paul Joyce tweet.

1.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 14:45:48
Is it true Keita has passed a medical and will be coming to liverpool next summer? James Pearce just announced it on Twitter.

2.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 14:47:08
undergoing his medical today.

3.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 14:51:40
Wow! Keita joining the mighty reds!

4.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 14:51:51
Surely you can't pass a medical for a year in advance! Anything could happen in the following season Eds?

5.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 14:52:04
Graeme Kelly is a genius.

6.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 14:53:24
I don't understand why is he having a medical now if it's not happening until next summer? Are we signing him and loaning back for the season?

7.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 14:54:19
Apparently paid more than his release clause, Can's replacement?

8.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 14:55:20
Would make sense to get Sanches on a season long loan.

9.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 14:56:07
Well done Macca! If Keita and Lemar coming in then Couts is gone.

10.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 15:01:40
Now showing on BBC. If right, credit to Macca. Well done pal! I normally hate Mondays. But this. After a 4-0 win over Arsenal. I might evn buy the wife some flowers (cheap ones mind) .

11.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 15:02:45
Slightly gutted he's not coming in now, but if we can bag ourselves Lemar I think that's a good signing as he can genuinely cover a few positions.

12.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 15:02:47
Don't know why it took them this long to realise that was the best possible deal.

They didn't want to lose him
We wanted him
They knew he was off next year for 20 mil less
We want him and are willing to pay
We have can until next summer
Buy him and loan him back

Can't decide wether there idiots or geniuses. Haha.

13.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 14:52:43
If true mr ed 002 owes me an apology from my post on 1st august were he shot me down in flames for suggesting this idea.

{Ed002's Note - Keita does not have a "buy out clause". He has a "release clause" that is not now nor will ever be of relevance to Liverpool. Whatever Liverpool end up paying for the player will be unrelated to that "release clause". Try not to be an embarrassing DF.}

14.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 14:59:06
Bye bye Emre Can then!

15.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 15:04:26
OMG! Brilliant news about Keita. What a player this lad is.
Pity we have to wait til next season but he's definately worth waiting for.
Well done LFC for getting the deal done .

16.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 15:06:47
That is some serious good news.

17.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 15:08:16
I reckon we kept it quiet because we didn't want any other clubs getting wind of the deal we were setting up.

18.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 15:14:15
Now on front page of the Echo.

19.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 15:15:48
I will be really gutted if we lose Can. If you could guarantee me that kieta will perform to Can's standard atm then I'd be happy. That says it all really. Hopefully Can signs as he sees liverpool are serious about building something special. I actually think pipco and Can are crazy for wanting to leave. We are clearly on the way up.

20.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 15:20:54
Agree Supered, I think Can will be immense in time (already pretty immense this season so far! ) and would love to see him stay but I suspect if Keita is signing that might be the trigger for Can to re-evaluate his options and leave on a free next year to a side that will make him a guaranteed starter. Hope I'm wrong.

21.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 15:31:09
I agree Superred, Keita deal is great news but would be dampened by the loss of Can, I want to keep Can desperately. He's shown massive strides in improvement knows not to hold onto the ball to long now.

Fingers crossed Can sees our ambition and feels he can get enough playing time in the side. I don't blame him if he's been told he'll be back up though he needs to be starting often.

22.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 15:40:09
I know SGRED. He's been unreal this season and is clearly getting better. Kieta deal certainly sweetens the fact that Can will leave. The thing that gives me hope is the fact I can't see liverpool missing out on decent money for Can. Surely we wouldn't wanna miss out on a decent fee. If we get lemar I think we need to off load one or two. Perhaps origi and coutinio out lemar and vvd in.

23.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 15:41:34
Finally some movement in the transfer front. especially for our main targets.

24.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 15:43:02
Medical now, finding a house, shouldn't Keita be coming now?

25.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 15:47:03
ed02 obv the release clause is relevant as a starting point for negotiations. If Bayern can take him for 48m next summer clearly we offered a better option to not have him end up at a rival team in the same league as RBL.

{Ed002's Note - The release clause has nothing whatsoever to do with Liverpool - and Bayern Munich has nothing to do with the matter at all.

As for the rest of your post, it was simply abuse. The site does not need you or any other trolling ignorant rubbish like you. I deleted it and your account.

As for the posts you and the other dum fucks have been trolling, we will be deleting those as well.}

26.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 15:48:04
Ed002 as question for you:

I have just read in a german forum that it is not possible for a player to sign a pre-contract one year in advance. Is that true? If so how are these kinds of businesses handled then?

{Ed002's Note - A player can join a club and be loaned back. A player can sign a pre-contract to sign with another side six months before his contract ends (if a foreign side) or at the end of the playing season (if it is a side in the same country). The clubs can agree a future transfer of the player but it cannot become part of the player's contract, the player cannot be registered with the new side and the Application for Registration and provision of International Clearance and the Granting of a Work Permit cannot take place until the move actually happens.}

27.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 15:57:31
Are we still interested in Navy Keith though?

28.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 15:58:01
Wow! Could it bee keep Couts for a title push, let him go next summer, Keita comes in? Need to get the rock solid CD over the line too, then I'd a 8/ 10 to the recruitment team for their summer.

29.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 15:58:54
There's are 3 midfield positions you know guys. It is possible for Emre and Keita to play on the same team. It doesn't have to be one or the other especially if coutinho leaves at some point. Maybe Klopp has a plan to become a midfield force with hendo can and Keita with Gini and lallana the quality depth. Hopefully Emre sees that this year!

30.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 16:00:46
Sky are confirming it now.

31.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 16:07:44
My opinion. Winaldum/ longball hendo replacement Can will sign if all well by xmas. If Ox turning down 180k then im sure thry will up the offer to Can.

32.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 16:15:46
Thanks Ed002 :)

33.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 16:18:37
Depending on how RBLs season goes, could he be ours in January? Say they're out of the CL, Bayern 12 points clear in Bundesliga.

"For a few dollars more" starring Navy Keith.

34.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 16:20:32
Ed002 I said just for convo starter on 1st august do u think we could buy him and lone him back for a year.

{Ed002's Note - Why lie now? Your words were "Liverpool could buy keita for his buy out clause". I have already explained. I don't kow why you wish to embarrass yourself even further.}

35.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 16:23:41
On current form I'd drop Hendo altogether. I know he has had some issues with injury and he is being asked to do the unglamorous jobs in the middle of the park but he's really not been good enough this season so far or before his layoff last. Give him a chance to recover properly and switch back on. even Sunday's game passed him by.

36.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 16:42:38
Kudos to Mecca for calling the Keita signing, when there were so many doubters.

37.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 16:36:25
I know TIA19 but apparently Can is concerned about playing time. That is why he hasn't signed an extension. More midfielders coming in can only be a bad sign. That said, I hope you're right and the thing is, if Can isn't getting playing time that was because he wasn't doing enough in training. That certainly seems to have changed and for me he is the first midfielder on the team sheet. Hendo, Can and kieta would be awesome. Can kieta and lallana too. We will have too much class in the midfield.

38.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 16:37:46
These are great problems to have though. Last season I wouldn't have believed we would be arguing about who to pick out of such a good pool.

39.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 16:56:28
No way, Jock. Hendo is getting better and he was more than solid last night. You can regain full fitness without actually playing, end of. Why would you drop a player who is getting better esp. if he is coming back from a long injury lay off or were you not aware of the fact that he has not played a game since February? Hendo is getting up to speed and he was good vs Hoff and much better vs Arsenal hence, he should not be dropped.

40.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 17:38:37
Jock, did you even watch the Arsenal or Hoffenheim matches? Henderson was one of our best performers and led by example. Think before making unfair and silly comments.

41.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 17:42:08
WTF you lot on he's not coming till next year bloody hell hardly took macca to tell us that would happen. The centre half is the real area of concern D day tomorrow!

42.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 17:50:29
Naby should leave the house hunting for a year and pick up a Brexit bargain.
My hope would be that we can secure Can also, with Gini that would be a powerhouse midfield.

43.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 18:32:43
I said for the buy out clause which it sounds like that plus a premium why u being a pump.

44.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 19:01:04
Bingo Red. Keita is the ball winning driving the team forward, kante type player. Hendo is the sit along the back four sideways passes and longball to the wing. he doesn't drive the team at all, and is not a spoiler. better suited to Man U than Lpool. Personally Can, Keita and Lemar-kovacic is the better midfield.

45.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 20:15:06
You need someone like Hendo in the team. He plays it sideways a lot but that is stitching the play together and switching the ball. This is how you break teams down. His ball winning skills and leadership quality and stamina and speed make him an absolute must for me. Can Hendo and kieta would be devastating.

46.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 20:33:25
Whos going to play defense splitting balls. Goals fron Mid. that's why lemar kov. Are being looked at. 1 had got to go.

47.) 28 Aug 2017
28 Aug 2017 21:28:52
"Hendo is the sit along the back four sideways passes and longball to the wing"
Ok Rio. let’s completely ignore the freedom he had vs Hoff and Arsenal where he was able to fly forward and press the OPPONENTS cbs and win us the ball for a goal scoring opportunity.
That is his game. He was always MUCH better in an advanced role and our midfield 3 seem to have the freedom to swap who sits back while someone goes forwards so he will be doing it a lot more (I hope)
He isn’t just a 'sideways/ backwards passer' or 'long ball to wingers' type of player. He brings a lot more than that. You must be thinking of the great Welsh Xavi or something or you only watched a friendly game when Hendo had A LOT of catching up to do with his fitness and speed.

48.) 29 Aug 2017
29 Aug 2017 13:29:16
You're spot on red Phil. Anyone who thinks Hendo isn't good enough for liverpool simply don't know what they're chatting about. The lad oozes class.