• Sporting director says Liverpool target has been influenced by agents • ‘There should be someone who points them into the right direction’RB Leipzig’s sporting director, Ralf Rangnick, has criticised Naby Keïta’s entourage and claimed the midfielder has had his head turned by “a whole village in Guinea”. “There should be someone who points them into the right direction,” he said at a coaching convention in Bochum on Wednesday. A whole village in Guinea or somebody from their entourage tells the players why they must do something right away. Both are extraordinary players who make the difference for our team.”Guardian sport has contacted Keïta’s agents for comment. They are understood to have held talks with Leipzig on Wednesday having met Klopp this week during Liverpool’s pre-season tour to Hong Kong.

Source: The Guardian July 26, 2017 17:46 UTC