Werder Bremen refused service
After scandal – Keita suspended from Werder Bremen
Status: 16.04.2024 | Reading time: 2 minutes
Naby Keita has been suspended by Werder Bremen until the end of the season
Source: dpa
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Naby Keita was not selected for Werder’s starting eleven against Bayern Leverkusen. The Guinea international then left the team and went home. Now the Bundesliga club has drawn the consequences.
It’s been two days since the scandal broke out at Werder Bremen. Now the Bundesliga club has drawn the consequences: the club has suspended midfielder Naby Keita until the end of the season.
“Naby’s behavior cannot be tolerated for us as a club. With this action, he let his team down in a tense sporting and personnel situation and placed himself above the team. We can’t allow that,” Clemens Fritz, head of professional football at SV Werder, was quoted as saying in a club statement on Tuesday.
Keita did not travel with the team to Leverkusen on Saturday after learning that he would not be in the starting line-up in the Bundesliga game against Bayer Leverkusen (0-5). Instead, he had decided to go home and stay away from the game. “At this stage of the season we need full focus on the remaining games and a team that is very close together. “There was therefore no alternative to our measures,” said Fritz.
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Bremen striker Marvin Ducksch outlined how Keita’s unexpected departure before the Leverkusen game affected him: “I’ve never experienced a situation like that, I’ll be honest. His things were still on the pitch. At some point in the shower, people came in and said he left in his private clothes.”
No training with the professionals, no access to the Werder dressing room
The Guinea international, who is under contract with Werder until June 30, 2026, will from now on not be allowed to train with the team or be in the professional dressing room. According to the club, the 29-year-old will also receive a “significant” fine.
Keita moved from Liverpool FC to Werder this season and was considered a great source of hope for coach Ole Werner’s team. However, due to injuries, he has only made five Bundesliga appearances so far.
