Naby Keita will not play in the Champions League final on Saturday as he has been ruled out with a groin injury.
The midfielder limped out of Liverpool‘s semi-final first leg with Barcelona and has been battling to get fit for the final.
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Naby Keita will not play in the Champions League final
It has now been confirmed that Keita will miss the match with Tottenham on June 1, which is live on talkSPORT.
A scan following that match revealed he had ruptured a tendon and it was hoped he may be back in time.
He missed the final few weeks of the Premier League season and that incredible comeback match against Barcelona at Anfield.
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Keita has scored three goals in his last six Liverpool games
The Guinea international was even a surprise inclusion in Liverpool’s squad that travelled to Marbella for a training camp ahead of this week’s final.
This left Reds fans hoping it may mean he would be back in time for the Tottenham clash with Jurgen Klopp wanting to keep him involved with the main squad.
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Keita was even included in the provisional Guinea squad for the Africa Cup of Nations, which starts next month, and their manager was hopeful he will be fit for that.
The £52.75million signing from RB Leipzig last summer has not made it in time, though, due to the ruptured tendon in his groin.
Naby Keita has not recovered from an adductor injury in time to travel with Liverpool for the Champions League final, but Roberto Firmino is in the Reds' squad. Keita was named in Guinea's provisional squad for the Africa Cup of Nations despite being ruled out for two months by Liverpool on May 3.
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