Jurgen Klopp admits to having made Naby Keita “worse” on the back of his 2018 transfer from RB Leipzig, but the Liverpool boss has been impressed by the progress made by a Guinean in the 2020-21 campaign.
The Reds invested heavily in another creative midfielder when raiding the Bundesliga market, with a £48 million ($61m) deal put in place.
Keita initially struggled to live up to expectations at Anfield, with questions asked of his form and fitness throughout a disrupted and inconsistent debut campaign.
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As other new additions have thrived around him, the 25-year-old has been billed by some as the most notable transfer failure of Klopp’s reign to date.