Ibrahima Konate names a “crazy” teammate at Liverpool for doing something he finds incomprehensible

Ibrahima Konate, a defender for Liverpool, started the match against Brentford and had a strong showing. But his gaze was drawn to someone else.

The defender for Liverpool, Ibrahima Konate, has had a successful start to the season. He quickly replaced Jarell Quansah in the starting lineup and made an impression en route to two Premier League clean sheets. But a “crazy” buddy further up the pitch has his attention.

Konate performed admirably in his first home game of the season after being added back to the starting lineup against Brentford. His best play was an intercepted header as Kristoffer Ajer appeared to be about to take advantage of a Trent Alexander-Arnold mismatch at the back post.

At 25, Konate is feeling more and more pressure to take the lead and establish herself as Arne Slot’s staple. Nonetheless, he still regards a few guys on the team as role models.

Konate will undoubtedly benefit from watching and learning from his French teammate, Virgil van Dijk, who is one of the best players of the position in history. But following the most recent triumph, he singled out Mohamed Salah for particular recognition.

“This man is insane! Mo is someone I adore,” Konate said to Liverpoolfc.com. “It’s crazy, every season it’s always the same story.”He has a lot of goals, even for the Africa Cup [of Nations]. Really, I have no idea how he manages to do that. I look up to him because I want to be just like him and I see how he works every day.”

Similar to how he won the game against Ipswich, Salah scored the game-winning second goal against Brentford. He appears to be as important to the Slot administration as he was under Jurgen Klopp, though Liverpool will eventually need to work out his contract issues.

According to the club website, Salah averages a goal contribution per Premier League game at Anfield, having scored 93 goals and provided 35 assists in 128 games. The 31-year-old is the epitome of reliability.

According to Liverpool.com, this Liverpool team’s younger players have some of the best role models around. Salah’s unwavering work ethic and persistent desire to better himself may make him the best of them all.

The stats he has achieved since joining Anfield are astounding. Konate is correct when he says that they are insane: even if you discount Salah’s record-breaking 2017–18 season, he still has the most goal involvements of any player in the Premier League since his arrival.

Though it shouldn’t come as a surprise, the start he has made to the new season is really encouraging. Salah doesn’t appear to be a player a year away from a significant drop, which the team should take into account while debating Salah’s contract.