If he would have known that he would have finished professional in Liverpool when he started football attacking, he would not have believed it and yet, Ibrahima Konaté became at the same time a taulier of the French Team. A beautiful story for the native of Paris, trained in Paris FC before joining FC Sochaux Montbéliard where everything will switch since it was his coaches of the time that made the choice to align it in central defense. Barely the 2017 season finished than the RB Leipzig strikes the door and Ibrahima Konaté, at only 18, left France to join Germany and sign its first professional contract. A paid transfer because he will quickly become a boss of the rear guard of the Die Roten Bullen by forming a shock hinge with Dayot Upamecano, who arrived the same year. Between 2017 and 2021, he will play 95 games before flying to England on July 1 and join the legendary Liverpool club. But three years later, the tricolor international (21 selections) could return to his hometown.
PSG wants to enjoy the vagueness around its extension
Having become a boss alongside Virgil Van Dijk, at the end of the contract at the end of the season and whose extension remains unanswered, Ibrahima Konaté is also in a vagueness concerning his extension among the Reds while his contract expires in June 2026 . “Who said there had been a discussion a few months ago?” The club has said nothing. I didn't say anything, “replied with a Konaté smile, before adding:” Afterwards, I spoke with the club. I'm focused on what's going on right now. You will see what will happen. Are I going to sign? This is another conversation. A flaw in which PSG would like to interfere according to the site specialized on Liverpool, Anfield Watch, who explains that Parisian leaders would like to recruit the defender of 1 m 94 during the summer transfer window, an arrival in winter being excluded by Luis Campos This Thursday according to information from L'Equipe.
This interest of PSG is not new because “IBU”, as his mother calls him, expressed himself on his Parisian roots in an interview with RMC Sport in June 2023. “It is in our genes a little. All my big brothers have been fans of PSG since my childhood. I remember, the first match I saw of PSG was the first match of Jérémy Ménez I believe (in 2011). It was a long time ago. It is in our genes, these are the Parisian genes so it makes sense. He had again mentioned the subject last May still for RMC Sport. “Rumors? Ah, I saw that! Leave me alone (laughs)! I am French. Hearing that PSG is interested, okay but it does not make me “neither hot nor cold” because I have not had a conversation with them or anyone. I am really focused on the field. Oh well, the supporters want to see me coming? You will have to show me, I don't pay too much attention. Since then, the time has passed and the next few months will say if the fraternal link will have made Ibrahima Konaté crack or not.
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PSG is already preparing the summer transfer window, Luis Campos having closed the door of a defender's arrival this winter, and would work on the signing of a Taulier de Deschamps. The capital's club would like to exploit the vagueness around the extension of Ibrahima Konaté in the Reds, which has been standing for several months and would use the return to the fold.
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