The Liverpool midfielder has shown signs recently that he is beginning to settle into life in England.
Reds boss Jurgen Klopp spoke to reporters after his side’s 5-0 win over Huddersfield Town last night, and raved about Naby Keita, suggesting that he put in his best performance in a Reds shirt against the Terriers, as quoted by the club’s official website.
The 24-year-old joined Liverpool from RB Leipzig in the summer of 2018, for a fee believed to be worth £52.75m according to the Independent, but he initially struggled to settle at Anfield.
Keita has started to show what he is truly capable of in recent weeks and months, however, racking up two goals in his last four appearances for Liverpool.
The Guinean is a powerful, box-to-box midfielder by trade, and when he is at his best, it is clear to see how much he improves Jurgen Klopp’s side.
The German spoke to reporters after last night’s match, and suggested that it was Keita’s best performance in a Liverpool shirt thus far, as quoted by the club’s official website:
“People expect if you pay money for a player that you come in and from the first day you show everything you are able to do. That would be nice if it’s always that easy. It’s not. Naby needed time, we gave him the time and now he is there. It was for sure his best game tonight, in a lot of departments.”
Liverpool have just two Premier League games remaining this season, as well as a Champions League semi-final against Barcelona to look forward to, and having an in-form Keita for the run-in will be a real boost for Klopp and co.
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