Ex-player: Naby KEITA

To put it into context, since signing for us, he has played, in all competitions, 6500 minutes. That is 72 full matches. Around 14 full matches per season in all competition. That is indeed very grim and unfortunate for the player and the club.

For perspective,

VVD played 4500 mins last season
Salah averages 4000 mins every season

I canā€™t believe we actually considered offering a new contract!!

He will probably now stay fit until the end of the season so he can get a new club. That would be our luck.

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No, our luck would be playing Phillips and Rhys Williams there!

Phillips and Williams as a right midfielder?

Jason Bateman Cotton GIF

Happy 40th Naby

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I was a bit surprised that he didnā€™t come in as a substitute. Had some decent games recently.

Presumably saving him for the Real game, and allowing one of the others a rest.

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Keita in last three games:

Against Real: DNP
Against Sandcastle: DNP
Against Bitters: 1 min

Itā€™s not that we had a wealth of options in those games either.

:man_shrugging:

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I think Klopp is making it pretty clear he isnā€™t going to be here next season.

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Which means Fab will be? :cry:

Not necessarily.

Yeah, expected him to play more in the last few minutes, at least coming off the bench. But itā€™s no surprise if weā€™ll slowly see less of him as the season nears itā€™s end.

and Milner.

Fuck sake, kids are crying.

After watching him float about in games not putting in any effort against Wolves and Brighton heā€™s probably played a minute too much since then.

Heā€™s the exact type of player you dont want when we donā€™t have the ball and Klopp knows that.

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He did look rather poor in that Wolves and Brighton games and we won twice I think Klopp got lulled in a bit after the last two results but yeah Keita hasnā€™t been knocking down the door eithier.

Iā€™ve said elsewhere but our best CM is a 18 year old who has been in the first team less than 3 months

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Iā€™m just speculating here, but maybe Naby (and Alex) are in outbound mood and arenā€™t exerting themselves in the training. Hence their absences.

Baffling how both are still here after so many disappointing seasons. Keita should have been sold/replaced this past Summer and Ox yearā€™s ago.

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But how??? Nobody would have paid a dime for them.

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