Ibrahima Konate has reacted to being benched by Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp last season and his recurring injury issues
Ibrahima Konate has insisted he wasn’t dropped by Jurgen Klopp during a disappointing end to Liverpool’s 2023/24 season.
"’Demotion’ is not the right word,” he told Le Monde. “There was nothing at stake in Liverpool's last few games. If that had been the case, I would have been in a different mood and I would have discussed it with the coach. Such troubles prompted Klopp to hit out at France manager Didier Deschamps for his use of the defender in the past, with the 25-year-old rarely making back-to-back starts for Liverpool as a result.
“But that's all part of being a footballer. It doesn't stop me from moving forward and, on the contrary, it gives me a mentality of steel. On the pitch and in my private life.”
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