Ibrahima Konate rates Liverpool's chances of signing Kylian Mbappe after Brentford win | KIELSAF | 2024-02-18 16:08:01
Ibrahima Konate appeared to rule Liverpool out of the race to signal Kylian Mbappe after the aspect's Four-1 win at Brentford, joking that 'everyone knows' the forward's next club.
Mbappe has put Europe's elite golf equipment on pink alert after informing Paris Saint-Germain that he has no intention of extending his stay in the French capital beyond the top of the season.
The 2018 World Cup winner, considered one of the best attacking players on the planet, has entered the final six months of his contract and will depart the Parc des Princes as a free agent in the summer.
Actual Madrid's pursuit of Mbappe is properly documented and stretches again a lot of years. In 2022, the 25-year-old appeared on the verge of becoming a member of Los Blancos in before signing a brand new cope with PSG.
Stories emanating from Spain indicate that the France celebrity has already dedicated to a five-year contract on the Bernabeu, with Madrid overwhelming favourites to beat the likes of Arsenal and Liverpool to his signature.
Nevertheless, Liverpool proceed to be linked with Mbappe and Konate was pressed on the hypothesis surrounding his fellow countryman in the wake of the Reds' victory on the Gtech Group Stadium in Saturday's lunchtime kick-off.
'Mbappe to Liverpool subsequent season?', a Canal+ reporter requested Konate shortly after the ultimate whistle, to which the defender replied: 'I'm being utterly trustworthy, do you actually assume Mbappe is coming right here?'
The Liverpool and France centre-back added: 'I feel everybody is aware of where he is going.
'Everyone knows so no, we don't even take into consideration him on this group and I'm not going to try to convey him here.'
Carlo Ancelotti was requested concerning the incessant rumours linking Madrid with Mbappe as he faced the media ahead of his aspect's La Liga conflict with Sevilla this weekend.
The Italian was keen to emphasize that he remained focussed on football maters and would refuse to let the hypothesis grow to be a distraction, with Madrid sitting fairly at the prime of the Spanish prime flight.
'I see and listen to the whole lot but nothing else,' the Madrid supervisor advised reporters at his pre-match press convention.
'I understand that it's the subject of the day for you but not for us.'
Additional pressed on speculation surrounding Mbappe, he added:& 'We've got prepared for tomorrow's recreation and that's what we have now talked about, not about anything.
'I'd wish to work on this season, there's a long time to go earlier than subsequent season.'
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