After a surprising first marketing campaign since leaving Liverpool, Naby Keita has been voted the most important disappointment of the season by his Bundesliga friends.
Keita departed Liverpool after 5 years final summer time and swiftly agreed a deal to affix Werder Bremen, signing a three-year contract.
The 29-year-old arrived injured, and noticed his season finish early after being suspended by his membership for allegedly refusing to journey for a conflict with Bayer Leverkusen upon studying he wouldn’t begin.
His first season at Bremen noticed Keita play simply 5 occasions, beginning as soon as, and it appears seemingly that he can be moved on if he can generate curiosity.
That failure has culminated within the Guinean being voted as essentially the most disappointing participant of the 2023/24 Bundesliga marketing campaign by his fellow gamers.
In a survey performed by Kicker, Keita acquired 25.6 p.c of the vote, considerably greater than the next-worst, Dortmund defender Niklas Sule (13.2%).
Dayot Upamecano, Leonardo Bonucci, Leon Goretzka, Kim Min-jae, Joshua Kimmich, Alphonso Davies, Robin Gosens and Donny van de Beek full what Kicker have labelled their ‘Flop 10’.
That 5 of these gamers signify Bayern Munich is reflective of their total disappointment of a season, ending third behind Leverkusen and Stuttgart.
However Keita’s inclusion sums up each his inactivity and the frustration at being unable to fulfil his potential after arriving as a big-name signing.
Sadio Mane acquired comparable therapy in 2022/23, when he was voted the Bundesliga’s greatest disappointment in his solely marketing campaign at Bayern, which additionally led to controversy.
Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz was the runaway winner for participant of the season, receiving 51.1 p.c of the vote to sit down comfortably forward of team-mate Granit Xhaka (7.5%).
It stays to be seen what comes subsequent for Keita, although it appears seemingly that he can be allowed to depart Bremen if the fitting supply arrives.
Fairly the place his subsequent vacation spot can be is unclear, having seen his inventory plummet for the reason that £52.75 million transfer to Liverpool that introduced large expectations.
