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RB Leipzig keeper Gulacsi tells Liverpool to keep faith with 'unbelievable' Keita

RB Leipzig goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi insists Liverpool have a quality player in Naby Keita.

The Guinea midfielder has failed to live up to his £48m price-tag since arriving from Leipzig in 2018.

But Gulacsi insists Keita can be successful at Anfield, if he manages to stay fit.

"At [Red Bull] Salzburg I spent one season with Naby and then also one season in Leipzig. He is a fantastic talent," Gulacsi told the Reds' official website.

"He has unbelievable quality and when he came to the Bundesliga he changed the whole game here and he was one of the most important players for us.

"In our first season in the Bundesliga we went to finish second in the league, which was of course down to the team effort, but Naby was one of the key players, and it's no surprise that after such a successful season Liverpool signed him.

"Since then, he's been hit by quite a few injuries, so I think he's had a tough time to really hit his top form and just keep playing all the time, but his qualities are not to question.

"I'm sure that if he can stay fit and healthy then he will show again that kind of consistency on the highest level."

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