RB Leipzig chief Ralf Rangnick has attempted to clarify criticism of Naby Keita's camp.

Earlier this week, Rangnick suggested that Keita was being encouraged by "a whole village in Guinea" to agitate for a transfer to Liverpool this summer.

The German has now tried to clarify the statement, claiming players of African descent are more likely to be at the mercy of external forces from their homeland.

Guardian journalist Ed Aarons quotes Rangnick as saying: "Many players with an African background, and I've met a lot of them, there is a clan and sometimes a whole village that feeds with the help of a player.

"And that there are people who demand that he has to change, that is so.

"Believe me, my knowledge of geography is sufficient to distinguish Guinea from Africa."