adminLONDON. — Liverpool have agreed a club-record deal to sign RB Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita next summer, according to Sky sources.
Sky Sports News understands the Reds will pay the £48m release clause that will allow Keita to join the club, as well as an undisclosed premium.
Keita was to undergo a medical late yesterday and officially join Liverpool on July 1 2018. The fee will also surpass the £36.9m paid to Roma for Mohamed Salah this summer. Liverpool have also made a £55.5m bid to Monaco for Thomas Lemar, Sky Sports News understands.
It is believed Monaco have yet to accept or reject the offer as they assess options in their squad.
Arsenal had been in talks to sign the attacking midfielder all summer and are believed to have had a £30m offer rejected last month while Barcelona were also understood to be tracking the player.
Monaco have maintained Lemar is not for sale, with the French Ligue 1 champions having already sold a number of key players including Bernardo Silva and Benjamin Mendy to Manchester City and Tiemoue Bakayoko to Chelsea.
They said last month there would be “no more departures” amid continued interest in Lemar, Djibril Sidibe and midfielder Fabinho and Klian Mbappe. — Sky Sports.
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