How Liverpool could save millions on Naby Keita fee this summer

Published 23/04/2018 at 16:36 GMT

Naby Keita has already agreed to join Liverpool in the summer, but the transfer fee could drop if RB Leipzig continue to fall down the Bundesliga table.

Naby Keita

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The midfielder’s move to Anfield was confirmed back in August, with both clubs agreeing that the 23-year-old would remain in Germany for one final season.

No fee has been finalised for the Guinea international, predominantly because the amount depends on where RB Leipzig finish in the German standings.

Naby Keita (R)

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If they secure a top-four finish – and with it a place in next season’s Champions League – the fee would be £59m, though it would be reduced to £52.75m if they only manage to qualify for the Europa League by coming fifth or sixth.

Meanwhile, a finish of seventh of below would see the price down to £48m.

After losing to Hoffenheim 5-2 on Saturday, RB Leipzig currently six in sixth.

With three games remaining and nine points to play for, RB Leipzig have an outside chance of a top-four finish, though they are just one point above seventh-placed Eintracht Frankfurt.

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