RB Leipzig has confirmed that Naby Keita won't be allowed to leave the club to join Liverpool during the January transfer window.

Liverpool agreed to a transfer with Leipzig last summer that wouldn't see him join their club until the summer of 2018.

Following the sale of Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona, Liverpool had hoped to bring Keita over sooner.

Leipzig sports director Ralf Rangnick said on the club’s official website: “We won’t allow Liverpool to sign him early, even though they have shown renewed interest to bring him in during this transfer window.

“As everyone knows, we are not a selling club, therefore it would only have been possible had we reached a mutual agreement involving an exorbitant additional fee. That is not the case.”