Ibrahima Konate has defined why administration of his profession is a household affair and the way that method helped to safe him a switch to Liverpool.
- Defender impressed in France & Germany
- Moved to England in summer time of 2021
- Now chasing down international glory in Qatar
WHAT HAPPENED? The 23-year-old defender, who kinds a part of France’s squad on the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar, first caught the attention at Sochaux in his homeland earlier than transferring on to reinforce his status within the Bundesliga with RB Leipzig. A £36 million ($43m) transfer to Anfield was then made in the summertime of 2021, with Konate benefiting from having his brothers round him in terms of recommendation and future planning.
WHAT THEY SAID: Konate has informed GOAL of why he places a lot religion within the arms of relations: “They’ve been there since I began soccer. The extra you develop and cross levels in soccer, the extra you realise that there are lots of people attempting to return round you. Typically you are taking inventory and also you realise that the individuals round you’ve a private curiosity. They [family] need the very best for me and they’re the one individuals I can belief.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Konate added on the method that noticed him hyperlink up with Premier League heavyweights, as Jurgen Klopp purchased into his potential: “Once we discovered there was Liverpool, we obtained collectively and talked. Okay, there’s Liverpool, there’s Leipzig, what will we do now? In our dialogue, we stay up for the subsequent 4 or 5 years and everybody offers their thought and their perspective. Everybody says various things and nobody goes to inform you you are fallacious. It is like a puzzle, as soon as I’ve put everybody’s factors of view collectively, properly, I see issues extra clearly. And the choice is less complicated to make however in the long run, it is me who makes the choice.”
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WHAT NEXT FOR KONATE? The highly-rated centre-half has taken in 33 appearances for Liverpool thus far and will likely be hoping to return to Merseyside on the finish of December with a World Cup winners’ medal in his pocket as France search to defend their international crown within the Center East.