The initial loan deal is worth €6 million and the agreement includes an option for Inter to sign the 23-year-old permanently for a further €42m plus a percentage of any future transfer.

Keita, who has scored eight goals in 23 Ligue 1 appearances for Monaco but has been given the green light to move to Inter, was part of the Senegal team in the just concluded FIFA world cup where he made a single appearance for his country.

Keita now becomes the latest man to join Inter in new signings in the window after Lautaro Martinez, Radja Nainggolan, Stefan de Vrij, Kwadwo Asamoah, Sime Vrsaljko and Federico Di Marco.