Topic: Naby Keita Watch

[Clint Eastwood]

The disappointment is justified. Just read the first 2 or 3 pages. We thought we were getting Europe's next best midfielder, a type that had never been seen before.

[Iska]

We thought we were getting Kante-plus, but it was actually Kante-minus.

[Red-Soldier]

The disappointment is justified. Just read the first 2 or 3 pages. We thought we were getting Europe's next best midfielder, a type that had never been seen before.

Yep.

[stockdam]

Pity he never really got going due to injuries. Hopefully he now gets a long period without injury as he deserves some luck.

[RedSince86]

That back injury away at Napoli was the sign of things to come, looked brilliant in those opening games that season and never captured that level of play ever again for us.

Almighty flop of our PL era to go alongside Andy Carroll.

Also his International manager that first season under us was a thunderc* nt.

[Dave McCoy]

We thought we were getting Kante-plus, but it was actually Kante-minus.

That was always the issue. I don’t want to speculate on why people would think that but watching Naby at Leipzig it was clear even then they were completely different types of players.

[Kopenhagen]

Most disappointing signing in recent memory.

[AndyMuller]

Goodbye.

[bird_lfc]

Most disappointing signing in recent memory.

Yep. Underwhelming to say the least but I hope for his sake his next move he steers clear of injuries and gets a decent amount of game time.

[damomad]

Glad he's going, would be better replaced by someone who is going to be fit, even if they don't have as much "potential".

[Hazell]

Shame he's not been fit so he can get a proper send off but did contribute when available. A bit sad he didn’t have the chance to do more but wishing him well in his next move.

[ScottScott]

The biggest thing for me with Naby (and Ox) is that they'll be more disappointed than we have been that they haven't been available. They would have given everything to be playing week in, week out and not wasting their short career in the treatment room. I wish him all the best at wherever he ends up and hope he has a great career

Never an issue with ability or attitude. Just with availability. No matter what though, he has played his part in every trophy we've won in his time here and I hope he knows that. Will always be remembered as one of the lads who delivered the clean sweep of trophies

[Haggis36]

It's weird the animosity towards this guy, seems he gets judged on one curve and Ox gets judged on another - both potentially great players who had their top level careers effectively ruined by injuries, it's hardly either of their faults.

I'm disappointed but only in the sense that I genuinely thought he'd go on to be one of the best midfielders in the league and be a game-changing signing for us. It hasn't turned out that way for a number of reasons (not least the injuries) but he was pretty much always good to very good when he did play. Seems to me he was always judged far more harshly than others and tended to carry the can for some of our more collectively disastrous performances for whatever reason. Maybe people never warmed to him and he was never a fan favourite, so he was always an easy scapegoat, I don't know.

He'll be judged in the context of the fee, but on the pitch he rarely let us down and played his own small part in the most successful period of our recent history. I hope he manages to get his career back on track elsewhere.

[HeartAndSoul]

His game against city in the fa cup semi stands out. He was literally everywhere and didn’t give that c*nt Bernardo silva a minute. It’s a shame we’ve not seen that constantly over the last 5 years as he’s been injured that much and way too inconsistent.

[I've been a good boy]

Complete dud of a signing. When I joined, my username was King.Keita as I thought he would boss it. But he'll be forgotten by most unfortunately.

[ThoroughlyMediocre]

I honestly think people go over the top with the ‘dissapointment’ angle now. Disappointing was all those players signed in the years before who achieved so very little. Disappointing  was buying players like Balloteli and Benteke who we knew even before they signed, they where not what the team needed. Disappointing was wasting so much on Andy Carroll in a moment of blind panic, because we couldn’t keep our best players. With Naby, the only diassapointing part was him being injured, but it came at a time when the club won everything and yes, he actually did contribute to that, as much as some want to deny, sure not as much as was hoped, but he did contribute. And we did all this at a time and in a league that is hard to do it in considering the uneven playing field.

Wish him well in the next stage of his career basically, no idea why it’s such a thing that STILL bothers some so much!

I think it's one of those where both sides of the coin apply. In terms of the fee and the fact he never consistently bossed the midfield that expectations (fair or unfair) suggested he would, then he has to go down as a bit of a disappointment. Yet he certainly played a significant role in our successes of the last few years and as has been mentioned, when he was on point he was fantastic. Can't ignore the "what could have been" factor with his international manager constantly playing him through injury.

Wish him the best going forward.

[JackWard33]

I think it's one of those where both sides of the coin apply. In terms of the fee and the fact he never consistently bossed the midfield that expectations (fair or unfair) suggested he would, then he has to go down as a bit of a disappointment. Yet he certainly played a significant role in our successes of the last few years and as has been mentioned, when he was on point he was fantastic. Can't ignore the "what could have been" factor with his international manager constantly playing him through injury.

Wish him the best going forward.

Good post - sums it up

[The G in Gerrard]

Has he mentioned anything about his time with us or just quietly leaving?

[JasonF]

Has he mentioned anything about his time with us or just quietly leaving?

He doesn't do social media and I can't think I've ever heard him speak in English other than the whole "Naby Lad", "Yes, lad" thing. Maybe he'll make a statement at some point but I wouldn't read anything into it if he doesn't.

[GreatEx]

It's weird the animosity towards this guy, seems he gets judged on one curve and Ox gets judged on another - both potentially great players who had their top level careers effectively ruined by injuries, it's hardly either of their faults.

It may be because Ox's injuries were so obviously catastrophic that just being able to salvage some kind of career felt like a courageous triumph, whereas with Naby there were a lot of niggles, random illnesses, kicking grass, getting injured on a team walk that, combined with his shy demeanour, made him seem a bit flakey. Not saying it's right or wrong, just speculating.

[mrantarctica]

Think he could go to Italy, Spain or France and try to rebuild his career at a lower pace and perhaps less profile. Overall, underwhelming player who was overhyped and that lead to a lot of problems I think. I hope can rediscover his best form again.

[OOS]

Wasn't the same since those tweets a while back.

Out of the 26 players we have used in the league this season so far, he comes 24th most played with 294 minutes. He didn't even play a minute in the Champions League.

Made sense to bring someone with his profile, played some great games and some shite ones. Hopefully we can bring in a similar sort of player, who is more durable.

[Knight]

I think all the injuries, as well as keeping him off the pitch, also killed his athleticism. A robust Naby would have been one of the league's best midfielders and we'd currently be sitting on another CL or PL probably. We certainly wouldn't be finishing outside the CL places this year. But he wasn't robust, he was made of porcelain.

[Nick110581]

Decent player but availability was his main issue.

He was actually really good last season but people will forget that. 

[thaddeus]

If it hadn't have been for AFCON and Paul Put... 

[Zlen]

Story of Keita is also in a strange way a good demonstration of the difference between us and Manchester City. For us, gambling a big amount on future midfield mainstay and it blowing up in our face had real and long term consequences. There was no easy fix or a quick way out. They on the other hand would sell him for 10m ages ago and spent another 50-60m on another player.

[red_Mark1980]

Decent player but availability was his main issue.

He was actually really good last season but people will forget that. 

Too easy to turn into banter. Meanwhile Oxlade Chamberlain has had broadly the same career. But he makes videos with one of little mix so it's OK.

[joezydudek]

Too easy to turn into banter. Meanwhile Oxlade Chamberlain has had broadly the same career. But he makes videos with one of little mix so it's OK.

I've seen it repeated a few times, but I don't know where this idea that Naby gets stick and Ox doesn't comes from. You even 'turned to banter' in your post.
I've seen both get plenty of stick and it's out of order in both cases. Neither of them chose to have a career ravaged by injuries and although they've made a good living, I'm still sure it hurts them more than any 'fans' on social media.

[So… Howard Philips]

I've seen it repeated a few times, but I don't know where this idea that Naby gets stick and Ox doesn't comes from. You even 'turned to banter' in your post.
I've seen both get plenty of stick and it's out of order in both cases. Neither of them chose to have a career ravaged by injuries and although they've made a good living, I'm still sure it hurts them more than any 'fans' on social media.

And Chamberlain suffered a potentially career ending injury and wasn’t the same player afterwards whereas Keita would play well, come down with a niggle, come , play well, injures again.

I would say there was an acceptance that Chamberlain couldn’t be the player he was but frustration that Keita’s availability was severely limited by a series of injuries.

[red_Mark1980]

I've seen it repeated a few times, but I don't know where this idea that Naby gets stick and Ox doesn't comes from. You even 'turned to banter' in your post.
I've seen both get plenty of stick and it's out of order in both cases. Neither of them chose to have a career ravaged by injuries and although they've made a good living, I'm still sure it hurts them more than any 'fans' on social media.

It undoubtedly does. Keita and Oxlade Chamberlain clearly would have loved to have been available and played more and contributed more.

The idea that they are viewed in the same way is frankly laughable. Take a look under the comments of the clubs posts from Saturday on each player.

Chamberlain came back and has shown elements of the player he was, but he's been nowhere near the team for large parts, exactly the same as Keita

[The G in Gerrard]

He doesn't do social media and I can't think I've ever heard him speak in English other than the whole "Naby Lad", "Yes, lad" thing. Maybe he'll make a statement at some point but I wouldn't read anything into it if he doesn't.

Don't know about his social media hence the question. Cheers.

Good luck to him. Shame it never worked out properly.

[joezydudek]

It undoubtedly does. Keita and Oxlade Chamberlain clearly would have loved to have been available and played more and contributed more.

The idea that they are viewed in the same way is frankly laughable. Take a look under the comments of the clubs posts from Saturday on each player.

Chamberlain came back and has shown elements of the player he was, but he's been nowhere near the team for large parts, exactly the same as Keita

I think Keita gets it a bit worse, don't get me wrong, but Ox gets far more of it than he deserves too.
I'll give the comments on the club's posts a swerve, I'm sure they're both full of the sort of bile that prompted me to deactivate my Twitter!

[oojason]

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Some videos and info on Naby Keita...







LiverpoolFC.com Player Profile page: www.liverpoolfc.com/team/mens/player/naby-keita

LFCHistory.net Player Profile page: www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/1324

Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naby_Ke%C3%AFta














'Every Naby Keita goal for Liverpool | Skills, screamers & volleys!' - from LFC (May 2023):-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/-AEz8TGUlOo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/-AEz8TGUlOo</a>



'Naby Keita ● All GOALS for Liverpool!' - as of November 2021:-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/lJijqu82lRY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/lJijqu82lRY</a>



'Newcastle Utd 0 - 1 Liverpool | April 2022 - KEITA's last goal for Liverpool':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/l83fziKTxUw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/l83fziKTxUw</a>

^ or here www.youtube.com/v/l83fziKTxUw & www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDJogVTKbVM & https://xcancel.com/btsportfootball/status/1520370931365040128



'Naby Keita Goals That Shocked Everyone In Football' - as of January 2022:-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/QcMMYTye5Xo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/QcMMYTye5Xo</a>



'Naby Keita | 2023 | Skills':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/e5ZXN7w2mSw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/e5ZXN7w2mSw</a>



'Naby Keita vs Wolves - 2022/2023':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/eCWhb4i_g94" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/eCWhb4i_g94</a>



'Naby Keita's last few games' - as of June 2022:-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/Sb4eTULzsFw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/Sb4eTULzsFw</a>



'Best Of Naby Keita In 2021/2022 Season':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/YHt2esULxQ8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/YHt2esULxQ8</a>



'Naby Keita - Football is a Simple Game' - 2021/22:-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/22SpX01LUzs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/22SpX01LUzs</a>



'Naby Keita • Crazy Tackles & Dribbles' - 2020/21:-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/FxSavdsesII" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/FxSavdsesII</a>

^ or click here to watch - www.youtube.com/v/FxSavdsesII



'This is Why We Miss Naby Keita | 2002/21':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/OsQ6TEWBO08" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/OsQ6TEWBO08</a>



'Naby Keita - Overall 2019/20':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/n2htxdDsZe0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/n2htxdDsZe0</a>



'Naby Keïta Small Agile Rock 2019/2020':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/mPJUefpxis4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/mPJUefpxis4</a>



'Naby Keita | 2018/2019 Performance':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/tv-vk5IsF7Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/tv-vk5IsF7Y</a>



'Naby Keita 2018/19 - The Perfect Midfielder':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/8j83tfXmZJE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/8j83tfXmZJE</a>



'Is There Any Point Pressing Naby Keita?':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/r9vrVH9TJTs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/r9vrVH9TJTs</a>



'Naby Keita at his best is unstoppable':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/0t2KuRbS_5I" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/0t2KuRbS_5I</a>



'Naby Keita - Ball Control - Liverpool':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/AW3yt0N_vt4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/AW3yt0N_vt4</a>



























'Naby Keita's First Day | Behind The Scenes' - June 2018:-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/TgZ_p2EUWXQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/TgZ_p2EUWXQ</a>



'Naby Keita • RB Leipzig • All 17 Goals & 15 Assists • 2016-18':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/IZbfXy-7QvE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/IZbfXy-7QvE</a>



'Welcome to Liverpool - Genius Skills, Goals & Assists - 2017':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/boY6iok96vQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/boY6iok96vQ</a>



'Naby Keita 2017-2018 ● Crazy Skills, Tackles & Goals ● Welcome to Liverpool':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/2eGq73tfa5M" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/2eGq73tfa5M</a>



'Naby Keïta at Liverpool | Tactical Profile' - from 2018:-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/RttH9QdMmOs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/RttH9QdMmOs</a>



'BEZZIES with Mane and Keita | Sadio's hair cut makes me late' - from 2019:-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/g2B1-xq4clE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/g2B1-xq4clE</a>



Naby lad:-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/KQHtMlYZ-sY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/KQHtMlYZ-sY</a>



'Liverpool's tributes for Keita, Milner, Firmino & Oxlade-Chamberlain':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/haq1Id6rcOU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/haq1Id6rcOU</a>



'Naby Keita's Liverpool FC Farewell Presentation':-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/0t2sOw5gYEo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/0t2sOw5gYEo</a>



'Thank you Naby | Liverpool FC tribute to Naby Keita' - from LFC:-

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/qAE1PajGKNs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/qAE1PajGKNs</a>







''I wish him the best of luck' - Jürgen Klopp's tribute to Naby Keita':-

www.liverpoolfc.com/news/i-wish-him-best-luck-jurgen-klopps-tribute-naby-keita



'Thank you, Naby - Keita's Liverpool story':-

www.liverpoolfc.com/news/thank-you-naby-keitas-liverpool-story
























'Naby Keita signs for Werder Bremen' (on Friday 9th June, 2023):-

www.werder.de/aktuell/news/profis/20222023/pm-neuzugang-keita-09062023/?s=Moin_Naby





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[BornRedSince76]

Keita always tried, he just wasn’t physically able to handle the premier league.

[Ronsared]

That was always the issue. I don’t want to speculate on why people would think that but watching Naby at Leipzig it was clear even then they were completely different types of players.

Interesting. Injuries have been a significant factor. Wonder also if psychologically, it was also challenging for him. Signed as what appeared to be a box to box midfielder. By the time he arrived our shape had changed and that role was less significant given Robbo and TAA. Then, whenever there was a question over our ‘new’ midfield three and a very early sub needed (eg. half time) Keita was generally sacrificed. Does it get you questioning your value at all?

[Wingman]

I (we) probably expected too much of him after the numerous video montages following his signing. He wasn’t as good as his highlight reel - who is? - but his injury record is abysmal. Good luck Naby lad, hope you can stay fit more often and win a few more trophies elsewhere

[JP!]

My abiding memory of Keita will be the cup semi vs City last year where he absolutely ran the show and was our best player, looking exactly like what we'd thought he was all along.

Alas, it wasn't to be.

Good luck to him, football is so very circumstantial at times and his always seems to work against him.  If that volley in Paris is caught right and goes in, maybe everything's different.  Alas, he aimed for Hollywood and hit Blackpool.  In some ways that summed up his time here.

[SamLad]

My abiding memory of Keita will be the cup semi vs City last year where he absolutely ran the show and was our best player, looking exactly like what we'd thought he was all along.

that was a truly world-class midfield performance.

[johnathank]

It's weird the animosity towards this guy, seems he gets judged on one curve and Ox gets judged on another - both potentially great players who had their top level careers effectively ruined by injuries, it's hardly either of their faults.

Ox had his Liverpool career ruined by a catastrophic knee injury that we all witnessed. Keita missed days of training because he hurt his neck sitting on an airplane.

[Machae]

I honestly think people go over the top with the ‘dissapointment’ angle now. Disappointing was all those players signed in the years before who achieved so very little. Disappointing  was buying players like Balloteli and Benteke who we knew even before they signed, they where not what the team needed. Disappointing was wasting so much on Andy Carroll in a moment of blind panic, because we couldn’t keep our best players. With Naby, the only diassapointing part was him being injured, but it came at a time when the club won everything and yes, he actually did contribute to that, as much as some want to deny, sure not as much as was hoped, but he did contribute. And we did all this at a time and in a league that is hard to do it in considering the uneven playing field.

Wish him well in the next stage of his career basically, no idea why it’s such a thing that STILL bothers some so much!

Why do you even care if people are disappointed in him, its a subjective view and for a lot of people, that view is justified. Considering the hype, his insane ability and price, he has been underwhelming and I'm sure even he would agree its not worked out. Your right is to hold whatever views you have of him, but others have the right to express their disapointment.