Liverpool staff believe Naby Keita never fully adapted to the intensity and physicality of the English game. Keita is set to leave the Reds after five underwhelming years this summer. His time at the club has coincided with a hugely successful period for Liverpool. Naby himself will for his pure inability to keep himself fit.
The main takeaway is that there’s a feeling inside the club that Keita never adjusted to the change in intensity from his time in Germany.
Throughout most of Keita’s time at Liverpool, there remained a hope that he could turn things around.
But it will also feed into the theory that Naby just never got to grips with what was needed to play in England.