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Konate though has insisted he will become an even better player - and he hasn’t been shy of telling his defensive partner that.

“With Virgil we know how good he is, how special he is, what he’s been doing for years,” Konate told Sky Sports.

Ibrahima Konate has impressed for Liverpool this season.



It’s very good to play with Virg, but sometimes people who watch the game they think it’s only Virgil who plays.

I’m not jealous, but watch the game and it will tell you the truth.”

Despite Konate eventually looking to overtake Van Dijk, the Frenchman has previously hinted that he wants his fellow defender to extend his stay at Anfield beyond this season, having praised the impact he’s had on his career.

“When I was in Leipzig I watched some games of Liverpool and I didn’t realise how good he was,” Konate said back in February.

How is this possible?’ And now I think because he’s too good, some strikers see Virgil and are just thinking: ‘I have no chance against him.’



For me personally, before I had my injury [in late November] I think we were on the top level and I think a lot of people felt that as well, but we know that we just have to keep going in this way.”

Liverpool.com says: Konate can certainly consider himself to be one of the world’s top defenders now, but he still has some way to go before he reaches the sort of levels Van Dijk has been at