Klopp's good news ahead of Liverpool's month of madness

Those days of tranquillity to be able to rethink the football idea and recover as many injured players as possible is what Liverpool experienced for most of the month of September, having in a few days their triumphant return to the field with a host of matches in which Jurgen Klopp will have to count not only with his best players, but also with those who are just starting to take their first steps in the 2022-2023 Premier League season.

As happened with Thiago Alcántara a few weeks ago in his return to the field against Ajax in the second round of the UEFA Champions League, other players who are seeing their return to the squad should be ready to jump at any time to meet the demands of a tournament that has already begun to have some pace of competition, this being the case of Ibrahima Konaté, a player who is expected to return much stronger and with the necessary focus to have a considerable amount of minutes in this month of October.

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After eight matches that Liverpool have played between League and Champions League, Konaté has not yet appeared for the Reds in this campaign, as he was forced to leave the field due to injury in that last pre-season match that his team had against Racing Strasbourg, which they ended up losing by a resounding score of 3-0. Therefore, the Frenchman went into recovery for two long months after a knee problem, generating endless problems in the lower area of the field.

That tough loss left Virgil van Dijk vulnerable and with extra work to do as he had to find synergy with the likes of Joel Matip, Joe Gomez and Nat Phillips, with the French international's absence noticeable as they have only kept two clean sheets in nine official games, with perhaps their best display coming against Bournemouth where the Reds set an all-time record by winning 9-0.

With such incredible footballing prowess on display last year, Konaté's absence was obvious for this new season, for while the club's biggest problems lie in midfield and attack, the absence of manager Jurgen Klopp's trusted play down below made Anfield look weak from almost any perspective, eradicating that image somewhat in their last game of the month against the Netherlands' most successful institution.

Ibrahima Konaté to return 

The latest reports on the French defender are from RMC Sport, who say the 23-year-old has been given the green light by the Merseyside club's medical staff to make an early return, with talk of a return for a few minutes against Brighton this weekend. The news was expected, as Konaté had already been seen doing light training before the international break as part of his recovery and adaptation.