Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has decided to leave Naby Keita out his UEFA Champions League squad, as reported by The Daily Mail and ThisIsAnfield.
No Naby Keita in the Liverpool’s UEFA Champions League squad
Keita is injured at the moment, and Klopp has decided not to include the £48 million (BBC Sport) ace in his UEFA Champions League squad for the group stage.
This suggests that the Liverpool manager does not think that the 27-year-old Guinea international midfielder will be fit in the coming weeks.
The Reds’ final UEFA Champions League group-stage match is against Napoli at Anfield on November 1, 2022.
Maybe Liverpool do not think that Keita, who reportedly suffered a muscular injury during pre-season (The Daily Mail), will not be back in action until late October.
There is a very good chance that Keita may have played his final game for Liverpool.
Leaving Anfield in January
The 27-year-old is out of contract at Liverpool at the end of the season.
The Reds want to hand Keita a new contract, but he wanted to leave in the summer transfer window, according to 90min.
Klopp has never really used Keita on a regular basis even when he has been fit, so what are the chances that the midfielder will get straight into the team when he eventually recovers?
If the midfielder does not sign a new deal, then Liverpool are likely to simply cut their losses and sell him in the January transfer window.
Keita himself may push to move, as there is no point in staying at Liverpool and not play at all.
The midfielder has scored seven goals and created nine big chances in 76 appearances in the Premier League for Liverpool so far in his career.
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