Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is happy to wait 12 months to welcome new signing Naby Keita from RB Leipzig.

The Liverpool Echo says Liverpool's summer-long pursuit of the Guinea international is over after they secured a club record deal with RB Leipzig.

Keita, who underwent a medical in Wilmslow on Monday morning, has agreed a five-year deal with the Reds which will come into effect on July 1 2018.

Liverpool will pay a premium in excess of the £48 million release clause in Keita's contract which can be triggered next summer.

RBL weren't prepared to lose him this summer - despite the chance to make a huge profit on a player who cost just £15 million from Red Bull Salzburg a year ago.

The big attraction for Keita is the chance to work with Klopp. A glowing recommendation from Sadio Mane - the pair share the same agent - whetted his appetite about life at Anfield.