Liverpool agree to sign Naby Keita next year, say reports

Liverpool have agreed a club record fee to sign midfielder Naby Keita from Germany's RB Leipzig but the 22-year-old will join the Premier League club only next season, British media reported on Monday.

The Merseyside club will pay the Guinea international's 48 million-pound ($62 million) release clause plus an undisclosed premium.

Liverpool are yet to make an official announcement about the deal but reports said Keita completed a medical on Monday.

Keita was reported to be one of Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp's key transfer targets after he scored eight goals and provided eight assists to help Leipzig finish second in the German Bundesliga last season.

The 22-year-old would become Liverpool's most expensive signing, surpassing the fee of 42 million euros ($50 million) the club paid to sign winger Mohamed Salah from AS Roma in June.