Ibrahima Konate shows true colours in pre-match footage of Liverpool star

Ibrahima Konate displayed his enactment quality with a rousing code to his France team-mates earlier past weekend's UEFA Nations League triumph against Italy successful Milan

Ibrahima Konate has wowed Liverpool fans with a pre-match code delivered earlier France's Nations League triumph distant to Italy astatine the weekend.

The centre backmost is being tipped arsenic a aboriginal skipper astatine Anfield with doubts astir the aboriginal of spouse and existent skipper Virgil van Dijk and vice-captain Trent Alexander-Arnold, some of whom are retired of declaration successful the summer.

And Konate, whose performances nether Arne Slot person been earning rave reviews, gave an illustration that helium is earning his stripes with a video posted connected societal media from wrong the dressing country earlier Sunday night's fixture successful Milan.

France won 3-1 astatine San Siro having mislaid the reverse crippled by the aforesaid scoreline successful September - a show that Konate, who was captaining the broadside successful the arguable lack of Kylian Mbappe, made wide Les Bleus were seeking to summation revenge for.

"Come connected guys, set-pieces, successful defence and attack, Lucas (Digne) knows what helium has to do," Konate says successful the clip.

"Guys, there's a first-place decorativeness up for grabs too. First spot means that successful the adjacent round, boys, the 2nd lucifer volition beryllium astatine home. That's what important too, guys.

"But today, it's astir revenge, perfectly [Italy bushed France 3-1 successful September]. Revenge, revenge, revenge."

Late connected helium addresses chap defender Jules Kounde by stressing the request for them to pass clearly, saying: "Jules, we cognize what we person to do, boss. Keep talking a batch with everyone, okay?"

Konate returns to enactment with Liverpool connected Sunday arsenic Slot's league leaders sojourn relegation strugglers Southampton astatine St Mary's.

The Reds are 5 points wide of Manchester City with 11 fixtures played and they besides beryllium apical of the bloated Champions League league signifier with a sojourn of Real Madrid to Anfield coming adjacent week.

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