Liverpool news: I wanted Naby Keita for this season - Jurgen Klopp

JURGEN KLOPP says he's had tons of messages from Bundesliga contacts congratulating him on Naby Keita signing.

New Liverpool signing Keita scores superb goal for Guinea

After weeks of resistance from RB Leipzig, Liverpool were finally able to sign Keita for £48million.

But the deal means the Guinea star will join up with Liverpool next season.

And though Klopp is delighted to have Keita, he admitted he wishes he could call upon the midfielder this season.

“I have contact with a lot of people in the Bundesliga, how you can imagine, and I have never got so many ‘Congratulations’ messages like after we said in public that we signed Naby,” he said.

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Naby Keita will join Liverpool next season

“He is the player of the league. Last year, together with Thiago Alcantara, who played an outstanding season for Bayern, he was the flier.

“He has been doing that already for two or three years in different leagues. He is still a very young boy. So that’s really good news.

“OK, we have to wait but sometimes you have to wait for a really good thing. I have no problem with this; how you can imagine, I would have preferred another situation but that’s not a problem. It’s cool.”

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