Keita: Moving to Liverpool?

Keita: Moving to Liverpool?

BARCELONA - The Barcelona midfielder Seydou Keita, was considering a move to English club, Liverpool. Keita was looking for more opportunities to play in his new team because it was not acquired in Barcelona.

Indeed, Keita has been linked to Liverpool before the month of January, and is expected to join the January transfer window. Unfortunately, it did not happen. Even if Liverpool would not give up because coach Kenny Dalglish's intention to strengthen the team for the Reds.

"The challenges wherever it interested me, and Liverpool is a great team with great players," said Keita, as reported by Setanta on Thursday (02/03/2012).

"We will wait for the season to see what happens. I love Barcelona, it is difficult to find a better team than them, but I am ambitious and want to play football every week," he said .

Keita did not become a major player in Barcelona. Players from Mali are unable to compete as a midfielder Sergio Busquets, Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta. Because the type of versatile player, Keita is often installed as a wing defender by Pep Guardiola. Keita has so far appeared in 108 games and scored 13 goals for Barca.