Liverpool: BVB interested in Naby Keïta – competition for RB Leipzig

Liverpool wants to return to the Bundesliga

With Nicolas Seiwald (21; RB Salzburg), RB Leipzig presented the second new signing for the coming season last Sunday and once again prevailed against Borussia Dortmund in advertising. This is reported by the “Sport Bild”. According to the magazine, there is also a tug of war with Naby Keïta. The RB record sale, which Leipzig wanted to bring back in winter, is also on BVB’s list of possible successors for top talent Jude Bellingham (19).

According to the report, Keïta does not want to extend his expiring contract with Liverpool and return to the Bundesliga. Those responsible for BVB are said to have expressed their interest in a free transfer last autumn. After Dani Olmo (24) was injured, RB Leipzig made intensive efforts to return shortly before the transfer ended in January.

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Reds coach Jürgen Klopp neither wanted to let his protégé go, nor is Keïta himself said to have preferred leaving in winter. The 28-year-old knows that his contract will expire in the summer and that he will have a greater choice for the future – including BVB and RB Leipzig. Liverpool paid 60 million euros for the midfielder’s services in 2018, and his market value is currently a third of that amount.

Keïta’s salary at Brandt level – BVB was offered RB Leipzig’s Klostermann

“Sport Bild” puts Keïta’s salary at around 7 million euros, which would put him at the level of Julian Brandt (26) at BVB. Only six Dortmund professionals are currently earning more. In addition to possible Bellingham successors, who was once courted by RB Leipzig, according to the magazine, BVB was again offered Lukas Klostermann (26) in their search for alternatives on the defensive. The right-back, who was already associated with BVB in 2019 and 2020, is under contract with the “Red Bulls” until 2024.

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