Liverpool will only pay a reported £60m when they sign Naby Keita from RB Leipzig this summer after the German side failed to qualify for the Champions League.
According to Kicker, the Reds’ deal with the German side included an agreement that the final price paid would depend on Leipzig’s finishing position this season.
Champions League qualification was set to guarantee a €75m fee (£66m), Europa League qualification amounted to €68m (£60m) and no European football would have cost Liverpool just €60m (£53m).
Having finished second in the 2016/17 Bundesliga season, Leipzig were confident this clause would not cost them any money.