Konaté will not play against Aston Villa, why was he called up to the France national team?

Currently our Liverpool is facing the problem that the two starting central defenders will not be able to play in the next Premier League match against Aston Villa. Virgil van Dijk, our captain, was sent off against Newcastle and will miss two games, while Ibrahima Konaté suffered an injury that kept him out of the Reds' win at St. James Park.

Jürgen Klopp initially claimed that Konaté was a doubt for the game against the Magpies, and in the end he ended up not playing. In the team's training session to prepare for the game against Aston Villa the French defender was not seen in the images uploaded by the team to social networks so many have speculated about the severity of his injury that at first did not seem to be so strong, but it seems that Konaté would also miss the game against Aston Villa.

Journalist Jack Lusby assured that, contrary to what was expected, Konaté would miss the next Premier League game, being his second absence. However, he details that the injury does not seem to be serious enough, as it has been officially announced that Konaté was called up to the France national team for the September matches, which has caught the attention of many fans who do not understand how he will not be able to play this weekend but will be able to play for his national team.

France will play two very important matches in the qualifiers for Euro 2024, as they will face the Republic of Ireland and Germany, so France coach Didier Deschamps decided to call the Liverpool defender and this is what he said about his injury.

Deschamps' words on Konaté's injury

The French coach said that they still have to assess the situation on Ibrahima Konaté's injury, but that he hopes that he can be available for the two matches that the French national team will play, although he assured that he will not take any risk. "We'll assess the situation on Monday, but he's supposed to be available. Of course, I won't take risks (...) It's highly likely that he won't be involved for Liverpool's game on Sunday," he said.