„Liverpool“ had to wait a whole year for Naby Keita to arrive from „RB Leipzig“. The English team acquired N. Keita from the German team last year, but he officially becomes part of the team only on July 1st.
However, the 23-year-old footballer has already been officially introduced to the „Liverpool“ team. While the retirement of legendary numbers is more common in basketball, many were surprised by N. Keita's choice of the number 8, which belonged to „Liverpool“ legend Steven Gerrard.
It turned out that S. Gerrard himself gave him this number.
„It was an incredible day for me. He gave me the number 8 jersey. What happened was a surprise, I did not expect that.
When he came, I looked at him and said „wow“, because he is a legend. He is a player who always showed respect, always gave his all on the field, a man who is always loved here.
If a player like him gives you his jersey number, it's not just to have fun with it. You must strive to do as much as he did. That is my motivation“, - said N. Keita.
