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title: "Liverpool: Journalist claims Ibrahima Konate deal is done"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/liverpool-journalist-claims-ibrahima-konate-deal-is-done/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "George McGibbon"
section: "Liverpool Football Club"
published: "2021-04-21T19:35:40Z"
modified: "2021-04-21T19:35:40Z"
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# Liverpool: Journalist claims Ibrahima Konate deal is done

**In recent comments made on Twitter, [Caught Offside’s Leah Smith](https://twitter.com/LeahSmith_/status/1384852105115090946) claimed that Liverpool have completed the signing of RB Leipzig centre-back, Ibrahima Konate.**

So far this season, Liverpool have been extremely unlucky with injuries to their central defenders, with all three of Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip being [ruled out until the summer](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-liverpool/sperrenundverletzungen/verein/31).

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As a result, Jurgen Klopp brought in both Ozan Kabak and Ben Davies in the [January transfer window](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-liverpool/alletransfers/verein/31), however, with Kabak struggling for form somewhat – the 21-year-old has averaged a [WhoScored match rating of 6.69](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/356743/Show/Ozan-Kabak) over his eight Premier League appearances – and with Ben Davies having [yet to make an appearance](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ben-davies/leistungsdaten/spieler/257097) for the club, it would seem as if greater depth is still required in the position.

And, according to Smith, Liverpool have just secured the addition of RB Leipzig centre-back, Ibrahima Konate, with the journalist stating on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/LeahSmith_/status/1384852105115090946): “MASSIVE! Ibrahima Konate to Liverpool is DONE and will be official on May 1st, 2021! £32m.”

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### Transfer Tavern Take

Despite having missed a large part of this season due to a [number of injuries](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ibrahima-konate/leistungsdaten/spieler/357119) – something that could be a slight concern for Liverpool – the signing of Konate would certainly appear to be an impressive one for the Reds, with the former RB Leipzig manager, Ralf Rangnick, stating that the 21-year-old is “[so good that he could play for Real Madrid or Barcelona](https://www.getfootballnewsgermany.com/2020/prospect-ibrahima-konate/).”

Furthermore, if Smith is to be believed, the £32 million fee Liverpool have paid for the France U21 international would seem to be extremely reasonable, as this figure is only slightly higher than his Tranfermarkt valuation of [£31.5 million](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ibrahima-konate/marktwertverlauf/spieler/357119).

Given Konate’s age, assuming his injury woes don’t follow him to Merseyside, this could be a really astute piece of business.

***In other news: ‘Get out of my club’, ‘How can you even tweet this?’ – Lots of Liverpool fans rip into key man – find out more [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/liverpool-fc-news/liverpool-fans-react-to-georginio-wijnaldums-comments/)!***