Naby Keita is about to DELIVER Liverpool's next midfield transfer

Naby Keita is influencing an exciting midfielder who could be Liverpool's next transfer if he continues his development.

The Guinean will forever remain an enigma at Anfield. Keita arrived with so much excitement and promise. He was going to be Liverpool's next superstar.

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In the end, injuries cruelly halted him from fulfilling that exciting promise. He spent more time in the treatment room than on the pitch for Liverpool.

The times he was on the pitch, Keita showed undeniable quality. He played the game with poise and tenacity. He was able to dictate matches all on his own.

Undoubtedly, the years of constant injuries wore his body down. That's why he's not at Ferencvaros when he's supposed to be at the peak of his career at 30-years-old.

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Yet even in a place so remote and far away from Liverpool, Keita could still be beneficial for the Reds.

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At Ferencvaros, Keita has found a new lease of life. He's smiling at the club again after a horrendous spell with Werder Bremen and he's enjoying his football.

Currently, Keita is playing under another former red in Robbie Keane, who is on a mission to lead Ferencvaros to another league title.

In that mission, Keane is developing Hungary's biggest talent - 19-year-old Alex Toth.

The Hungarian teenager has played 13 games since Keane took over at the club and has registered five assists from midfield in that time.

In the process he's earned himself his first senior national team appearance, making his debut alongside Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai in Hungary's 3-0 defeat to Turkey.

Despite the heavy defeat, Toth still caught the eye completing all of his 20 attempted passes in the half an hour he spent on the pitch while also making the joint most recoveries in midfield.

An energetic midfielder, who has the highest defensive duel success rate (75%) among midfielders in Hungary's top flight, Toth is an archetypal midfielder for Arne Slot's system.

He's full of energy, covers a lot of ground but he's also smart with the ball and makes the right decisions while creating chances for his teammates.

To summarise it, he's an impact player and Keane agrees, too.

"There's more of him to come, he's extremely talented, energetic, fast, and can run the whole game. I think he can become a top player," Keane said after Ferencvaros' victory over Fehervar recently.

Toth also revealed he was learning a lot from playing alongside a Premier League and Champions League winner in Keita.

"It's great to learn from a player like that, because we play in a similar position. What he does on the pitch is amazing, and what surprised me was that he's a brilliant person off the pitch too," he said after Ferencvaros' victory over Kecskemet.

So at club level, Keita is in his ear helping him to become a better player meanwhile at national team level there is Szoboszlai to look up to as well.

Toth is pretty much gearing up to be a Liverpool midfielder in the future at this point.

If Liverpool had a multi-club system in place, now would be the time to make a move for him - he'd be perfect for that.

Right now, he's clearly not ready to make the leap to Anfield, he needs another step in between. A bit like Kaoru Mitoma, who stood out head and shoulders in the J.League but needed a spell in Belgium before he made the move to the Premier League.

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Nonetheless, Toth is a name worth keeping an eye on, he's an exciting talent with all the traits to become a future target for the Reds.

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