Naby Keïta: ‘Even today, wherever I meet Liverpool fans, they show me love’
Sidelined in Bremen’s under-23s, the midfielder talks about Anfield regrets and discipline controversy at his club
Naby Keïta’s memories are inevitably tinged with regret when he looks back on his Liverpool career. Signed from RB Leipzig for a then club-record £54m after Liverpool paid a £6m premium to ward off competition from others chasing one of Europe’s most in-demand players, the Guinea midfielder was handed Steven Gerrard’s famous No 8 shirt when he arrived at Anfield in 2018.
But despite picking up the full set of winners’ medals – from Champions League and the Club World Cup to Liverpool’s first Premier League title – Keïta will always wonder what might have been after injuries restricted him to 49 league starts in five seasons.
