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Liverpool have agreed a club-record deal to sign Naby Keita from RB Leipzig on July 1, 2018, according to multiple reports.

Liverpool had been tracking the Guinea midfielder all summer and had two bids rejected by the Bundesliga runners-up -- the second of which was worth €75 million, according to owner Dietrich Mateschitz.

Liverpool agree club record deal with RB Leipzig for Naby Keita which will see him sign NEXT SUMMER.

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Leipzig's stance -- both publicly and privately -- has been that Keita is not for sale at any price this summer as the club embark on the Champions League for the first time in their history.

However with Keita's contract including an exit clause of £48m, which comes into activation in June 2018, the club have reportedly sanctioned the move and he will undergo a medical in England this week.