Liverpool may have had a head start in the race to sign Jude Bellingham after Borussia Dortmund emerged as an interested party for Naby Keita.
This comes courtesy of a report by German outlet Bild (via TEAMtalk) with the Bundesliga side eager to snap up the Guinean on a free transfer with his contract expiring in 2023.
It leaves Julian Ward and Co. with a limited window within which to operate and make the most of alleged interest in the No.8 before his departure from Anfield is all but guaranteed.
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That is, of course, if we fail to extend the 27-year-old’s current terms beyond the next summer window.
From what we’ve been led to believe, the Merseysiders remain highly interested in the possibility of keeping the former RB Leipzig midfielder.
From our perspective, we would prefer to keep Keita for the foreseeable future, although if a deal cannot be reached, we would prefer to see his departure from the club help achieve a major goal for 2023.
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