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i n t e r n a t i o n a l midfielder Naby Keita will join Premier League giants Liverpool next year after the English outfit agreed a reported club record deal of £48 million ($62m, 51.9m euros) with German side RB Leipzig.

L i v e r p o o l will also reportedly pay an undisclosed premium for the 22-year-old,

who scored eight goals in 31 league

a p p e a r a n c e s last term to help

Leipzig finish runners-up in the title race.

“Liverpool Football Club can confirm they have reached an agreement with RB

Leipzig for the future transfer of Naby Keita,” read the Liverpool

statement.“The Reds have agreed a

deal with the German club and the midfielder that will see the 22-year-old move to Anfield on July 1, 2018 following the conclusion of the current season.”

Keita said his present side remained his immediate priority but he was delighted to be joining such a historic club.

“I am delighted that an agreement has been reached which will allow me to join Liverpool Football Club next

summer, when I will become part of a project that excites me greatly,” Keita told the Liverpool website.

“My commitment to RBL remains absolute for the remainder of my time at the club. I have given my all every time I have worn the shirt -– that will be the case until the final whistle, in my final appearance.

“Having my future resolved means I can now focus on helping RBL achieve great things this season.” (AFP)

Liverpool agree record deal to sign KeitaTrentin clinches

Vuelta 10th stage

Wednesday, August 30, 2017 SPORTS22

Claro

Driver standings

Teams

Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari

213

179Valtteri Bottas - Mercedes

Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull132

220

Mercedes 392

103

Red Bull

Force India

348Ferrari

199

Source: Formula1.com

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Italian Grand Prix

53 Laps of 5.793 km = 306.720 km

Start/Finish

Lap record: 1 min. 21.046 Rubens Barrichello (2004)

Monza Sept 3

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305

180

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290

120

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Froome retains red jersey

Alhama de Murcia, Spain

Italian Matteo Trentin won yesterday’s 10th stage of the

Vuelta a Espana, with Britain’s Chris Froome retaining the leader’s red jersey.

Quickstep rider Trentin, who won the fourth stage, pulled clear of a 15-strong breakaway group to comfortably deny Spain’s Jose Joaquin Rojas in the dash for the line.

Another local hope, Jaime Roson, took third at the end of the 164.8km ride from Caravaca to Alhama de Murcia.

Nicolas Roche had a productive day amongst the favourites for outright victory.

The Irish rider, who is placed third overall, moved to within 36 seconds of Froome in the general classification after the BMC man’s decisive move on the descent to the finish.

Colombia’s Esteban Chaves is second, also 36sec adrift of the Briton who is aiming to become only the third man

in history to add the Spanish cycling blue riband event to

Tour de France victory in the same year.

T r e n t i n , in possession of the green

points jersey, said he had targeted a win on this stage.

“I really wanted this victory, I’ve been thinking about this stage for a long time because the climb was tricky but consistent, it was a climb I could handle.”

While this was Trentin’s second win of the race, it

was a fourth stage success for his team with Quickstep’s Yves Lampaert taking the second stage and teammate Julian Alaphilippe the eighth.

Today’s 197.5km 11th stage is the first major test in the mountains with a summit finish at Calar Alto in Andalusia and two category-one climbs in the opening 60km. (AFP)

RESULTSVuelta a Espana stage 10 result1. Matteo Trentin (ITA/QSF) 174.0 km in 3h 34min 56sec2. Jose Joaquin Rojas Gils (SPA/MOV) at 0:01 3.Jaime Roson Garcia (SPA/RGA) 0:194. Janse van Rensburg(RSA/DD) 0:215. Alexandre Geniez (FRA/LM) 0:566. Marc Soler (SPA/MOV) 0:597. Luis León Sánchez (SPA/APT) 02:228. Alessandro De Marchi (ITA/BMC) s.tOverall standings1. Chris Froome (GBR/Sky) 40hr 12min 44sec2. Esteban Chaves (COL/ORI) at 0:363. Nicolas Roche (IRL/BMC) 1:054. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/BAH) 1:175. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 1:276. David de la Cruz (SPA/QSF): 01:307. Fabio Aru (ITA/APT): 01:338. Michael Woods (CAN/CD) 01:52

Schumacher Jnr eyes F1 careerBerlin

Michael Schumacher’s teenage son wants to

follow in his father’s footsteps into Formula One following his demonstration laps before Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix.

Mick Schumacher, 18, is currently competing in Formula Three, but drove his father’s Benetton B194 car round the Spa-

Francorchamps track to commemorate the seven-time champion’s first Formula One win 25 years ago.

“Of course, Formula One is my goal, but first I want to be a complete driver before I race,” Schumacher Jnr told German daily Bild on Tuesday.

“I would like to continue working on myself, deepen

my knowledge, improve as a driver, but also as a team member.”

He plans to spend two more years in Formula Three, where he races for Italian outfit Prema Powerteam, then a further two years in Formula Two before moving up.

“At the end of the day, the most important thing is to get everything that is part of

a race weekend as perfect as possible on and off the track,” he said.

“Everyone has to know that for themselves, it’s not something you can be pushed into.”

Michael Schumacher has not been seen in public since suffering serious head injuries in a skiing accident in 2013. (AFP)

Quick-Step Floors Team’s Italian cyclist Matteo Trentin

Sky’s British cyclist Chris Froome

Naby Keita

Mick Schumacher