Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita is urging former RB Leipzig teammate Timo Werner to join him at Anfield.

Werner, 22, has long been linked with a move to the Reds, and is out of contract at the Bundesliga club next summer.

Bild quotes Keita saying: "We played very well together in Leipzig and he was one of my best friends.

"It's clear that should he change, I'd ask Timo to come to Liverpool with us."

Reds striker Sadio Mane is also quoted in the article praising Werner, saying: "I'd advise him to join Liverpool. I like his way of playing: very powerful, good finish, always giving 100 per cent.

"If he wants to join us, we like to welcome him into our team.

“When it was clear that Naby would join us, I often watched Leipzig matches and Timo stood out."