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title: "Bayern Munich pulled out of Naby Keita deal"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2017-09-25T15:07:41Z"
modified: "2017-09-25T15:07:41Z"
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# Bayern Munich pulled out of Naby Keita deal

Liverpool’s biggest deal of the summer won’t actually come into effect until next summer when Naby Keita joins from Red Bull Leipzig for a club-record fee of £48m, but they could’ve easily missed out on the midfielder.

The Reds tried to get him in this summer and saw multiple bids in excess of £60m turned down for Keita who has a release clause of £48m activate at the end of the season.

Eager to get a deal wrapped up, Liverpool paid a premium of around £7m if reports are to be believes in order to enable themselves to secure Keita next summer, with the midfielder penning a pre-contract agreement.

Bayern Munich were in the race to sign Keita in a similar deal to the one Liverpool agreed but ultimately decided against the move, according to [Kicker](https://www.tz.de/sport/fc-bayern/darum-stieg-fc-bayern-beim-poker-um-naby-keita-von-rb-leipzig-aus-8715778.html).

![Johannes Simon/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/readliverpoolfc/2017/09/480571158.jpg)

The report claims that Bayern were very close to a deal but pulled out because there was no injury insurance on the deal.

Should Keita suffer a serious injury in the 2017/18, Bayern would still have been liable to pay the £48m to sign him in the summer and who knows what kind of player they could’ve been receiving.

Liverpool do face the same risks that ultimately warned Bayern away from a deal but Jurgen Klopp has taken a chance that he will get through the season unscathed and who knows, maybe the Reds will push for him in January.