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Konaté is an example for the Reds' reinforcements

The French defender is a team leader 

By Charles Cornwall

The French defender is a team leader 

Although the name of Ibrahima Konate has been losing weight within Liverpool in recent months of competition, this iconic player of the Reds' defensive center continues to silently demonstrate why he remains one of the most transcendental players within the group led by coach Jürgen Klopp, bringing this French element to his teammates not only his experience as a defender, but also his values as a footballer.

 

An example of the values that Konate has as a footballer off the field arose a few years ago during the round of 16 match they had against Bournemouth in the EFL Cup, with the Anything Liverpool account sharing a fragment of a video where he It shows how the French defender takes Dominik Szoboszlai to the stands where some young fans of the club were asking for an autograph.

During the brief eleven seconds that the video lasts, you could see how this pair of players were preparing to go to the Vitality Stadium locker room, but when the French defender saw these little fans, he couldn't help but stop Dominik on the way to take him. to where they were. This simple but significant gesture that Konate and Szoboszlai had with their fans is a small sample of the deep gratitude they have every time the team plays away, and that is that during the match against Bournemouth the Merseyside fans were the ones who cheered the most. from the stands, with the shout after the celebration of the spectacular goal scored by Darwin Nunez to make it 2-1 final in the series.

 

<strong>Konate continues in constant progress</strong>

The Reds' second central defender has had a discreet season with the team so far, doing his job, but being just one step below the harmony that the vast majority of the group has, with Konate struggling to continue registering improvements that Do not generate doubts about whether some element of the bench could take his place, with Jarrell Quansah being above all the most suitable youth to be able to take his place after what this boy has shown in this season of consolidation in the group.

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