Head injury? I thought it was a Sikh man but the beard isnât long enough.
My guess is German Red is referring the Arabs (Saudi), but yeah, turban isnât an Arabian dress.
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Well if itâs a bandage it would be apt for Keita.
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Some things cannot be predicted, but I do wonder if we did a full homework on Nabyâs character. He does seem nice, perhaps even too nice and shy. You could see that technically heâs high level, but maybe not the right temperament or physical intensity and durability to play in this team and league.
Maybe?!
Sikh note.
I really gave him the benefit of the doubt during his time at LFC. Maybe a lack of a hard edge, but mostly a mixture of bad luck, over use by his national team, and a genetic predisposition for a pattern of leg injury. This incident makes me ask the same question.
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Yeah, itâs really difficult to look at the path someone like Naby had to take to get to being a target for Liverpool and question his ability to deal with adversity. But injuries change people, as does wealth. Especially wealth earned on a path the player realizes is not going to be sustainable (because their body has let them down).
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Wasnât there a rumour here that he had annoyed Klopp over one of his injuries. I think it was laughed off because he was always injured but who knows.
Pretty sure that was his stiff neck from the air conditioner on the plane? 
I get that some people have shit luck with fitness/physical resiliency, but that seems like a pretty low pain threshold.
Think Keita was nice enough, and I get that his national team picking him when he shouldnât have been didnât help at all, but the story about him misunderstanding âweâre gonna have you do a light jog around the pitchâ for âdo you want eggs?â 1 1/2 years into his tenure suggests he could have applied himself more to learn English, among other things.
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Klopp said the same about Sturridge as well(with respect to low pain threshold).
People with so many injuries often do end up getting a low pain threshold. The team requires them to play through the pain , but fear of getting hurt as well as phantom pain from previous injuries get in the way.
There are a lot of factors that lead to injuries in sports and even a minor change in running (for example) can lead to one. The fear of getting hurt often leads players to run in a way that their body isnât used to and doing anything other than what the body is used to has a chance to result in an injury).
Itâs a fucking vicious cycle for footballers like Sturridge / Keita / Oxlade.
I donât think his effort was lacking at Liverpool (atleast in match days when he was fit). If anything, as has been mentioned before by people , his work to get to fitness and maintain required fitness standards wasnât what the club expected.
Itâs not unreasonable to expect people like Naby to take better care of their bodies during rehabilitation. From some accounts , he was not doing what the club expected him to do.
The Bremen incident is him getting frustrated over not being picked for the starting XI considering that on talent , heâs probably the most talented guy out there.
With Sturridge, it was clear from the injury pattern that it was different variations of the same fundamental problem - his leg muscles had just developed to a point of instability, where his own quadriceps could generate the explosive force necessary to tear other muscles. With Keita, there was clearly some of that, but there were just a lot of other ailments too
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I guess it really is downhill once you leave LiverpoolâŚ
No it isnât. Many players won plenty of trophies after leaving us.
Saudi ? Or is he too crocked for that ?