Liverpool star Naby Keita could be a summer transfer target for Barcelona, if he leaves Anfield.
The Guinean international is out of contract at the Premier League giants at the end of 2022/23 and Jurgen Klopp has no plans to extend his contract.
Keita has struggled for both form and fitness in five seasons on Merseyside, with just 84 Premier League appearances to his name.
Liverpool are preparing to offload a host of players in the coming months, as Klopp plots a rebuild, on the back of a poor campaign.
However, despite the potential link with a free transfer switch to Barcelona, transfer expert Fabrizio Romano claims a deal is not ‘serious’ yet, as per his Daily Briefing column with Caught Offside.
“Barca are linked to all the possible free agents, but at the moment, nothing is concrete or advanced between Keita or any other club”, he said.
“He will decide in the next few months. Barca are exploring the free agents market, but nothing is “serious” yet.”
Barcelona’s ongoing financial issues are likely to mean another summer of looking for free agent bargains following the pattern of recent years.
However, the club have endured a mixed bag of results with their free acquisitions, with Memphis Depay, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Hector Bellerin already offloaded by Xavi.
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tekekmrtu
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pls don't go to Barcelona..... ur carrier will become dead .... pls stay in England
stay in England and play for which club.....cuz we(Liverpool) certainly don't want him to stay...
ziaacilmnu
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Keita is not an African coz he is injury prone
what a silly comment
Yecbdekmnz
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Keita is not an African coz he is injury prone
Yecbdekmnz
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U are free to go
Tichalla246
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pls don't go to Barcelona..... ur carrier will become dead .... pls stay in England
ahhh really ?so it's alive and kicking? now 🤷🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️guy is injured 70 %of the time u can keep him in england.🤣
yutcklpstu
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He's obviously lying...he must be in his late 30s..
No, that's his age. I'm not a Liverpool fan but I once watched his interview during AFCON with his family. Even parents are still young, big sister still young
Gajaak
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A 40 year old lying to be 28..no wonder his legs are already dead...
Gajaak
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He's 27, far younger than Busquet
He's obviously lying...he must be in his late 30s..
seadlpruy
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pls don't go to Barcelona..... ur carrier will become dead .... pls stay in England
his career is already dead at Liverpool
yutcklpstu
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Keita is a wonderful full player. All he need is a little improvement in passing, ball control, defending, possession, skills, heading etc.
Wonderful player lacking so many qualities? He's not a player for big club. Maybe Brighton,Fulham, palace,..
yutcklpstu
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this guy is old let him go to mls league
He's 27, far younger than Busquet
yutcklpstu
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Barca have Dembele' and Fati as injury-prone players but they are still not satisfied and want another one. Maybe Utd should give them Martial and Jones for free also.
jetbciknrz
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pls don't go to Barcelona..... ur carrier will become dead .... pls stay in England
nendkmpyz
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this guy is old let him go to mls league
PattyMwajalizah
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Keita is actually a fine player, just that his legs are make up of jelly.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
MkonoJr
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If Xavi brings him to Barca then I will be done with this project, we won't be going anywhere. We should be looking for the type of players like Foden, Leao, Reyna, Veiga, Almeida, Moleiro, They might be players we can't afford yes but they are players who fit our playing style. Our philosophy.
Koadpsy
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Keita is a wonderful full player. All he need is a little improvement in passing, ball control, defending, possession, skills, heading etc.
Zegliwegli
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Get him and sell him for 10M at least
jaodilruy
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Keita is actually a fine player, just that his legs are make up of jelly.
viaacklmpt
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$0.5 transfer? otherwise Barcelona CAN'T party. 😅
ManoYNWA
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how can this guy be a Liverpool star [Sadtolook]
teeacdlpr
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keita is bigger than barca
Yowbcdelny
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They just wanna grab whoever is free.
ManUnited-Red
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The only human being without a brain spotted
And Barca fans are the only group to not have one
Chris818
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Finally, I can’t wait for him to leave
Chris818
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Lol
Chop31
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Please get this into a relegation battling club like Almeria, lmao 💀💀
The only human being without a brain spotted
Chop31
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Godforbid
PHP88
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Barca trying to become the old lady 👵
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Savage 😂😂😂
papabrains
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Barca & their freebies, no be small oo!
Vitbdlmn
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oh God for what?
Gudiest
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Barca trying to become the old lady 👵
ManUnited-Red
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Please get this into a relegation battling club like Almeria, lmao 💀💀