Premier league giants, Liverpool have agreed a club-record deal to sign RB Leipzig midfielder, Naby Keita, with the player officially joining on 1 July, 2018.
The Reds have agreed to pay the £48m release clause that will allow him to move next summer, plus an undisclosed premium.
Liverpool had been tracking the Guinea midfielder all summer and had two bids rejected by the Bundesliga runners-up.
Leipzig’s stance both publicly and privately has been that Keita is not for sale at any price this summer as the club embark on the Champions League for the first time in their history.
However, with Keita’s contract including an exit clause of £48m, which comes into activation at the end of the season, the club have sanctioned the move and he will undergo a medical in England on Monday.
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