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Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool will have to wait until next summer to welcome Naby Keita to Anfield.

RB Leipzig's recent exit from the Champions League sparked talk of the Reds trying to secure the services of the Guinea international midfielder earlier than planned.

However, Klopp says there's no chance of Keita arriving during the January window.

The Bundesliga outfit are determined to keep him until the end of the season in the hope that he helps them qualify for Europe's elite competition once again.

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Back in August, Liverpool struck a deal with Leipzig whereby they will pay a premium on top of his £48million release clause on July 1 2018.

Asked if he had kept in contact with Keita this season, Klopp said: "No. He is a player of Leipzig."

Pressed on whether there was any prospect of bringing the 22-year-old in next month, Klopp added: "How do we deal with this? I thought we don’t speak about transfers.

"There is an agreement with the club that he will come in June or July to Liverpool.

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"There is nothing else to say about that. We really don’t think about it because of all the things Leipzig have said.

"They said they do not have to sell any player. Why should they do something like that (letting him leave in January)? So no, we don’t think about it."