Liverpool have Konate heir in Koumetio

Jurgen Klopp hasn’t had the best of begins to a season with this Liverpool facet, successful solely three of their opening eight matches in all competitions, with a 4-1 humbling at Napoli notably powerful for the supervisor to take, particularly along with his success on the continent.

With the workforce struggling and Klopp doubtlessly near a disaster, he can have some consolation in how he has constructed an unbelievable squad over his seven-year spell on Merseyside, and that trickles all the way down to the youth stage too.

The German has introduced skills resembling Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliot into the primary workforce, and a younger French defender may simply be subsequent…

Billy Koumetio may be the proper Konate inheritor

The Anfield facet signed Billy Koumetio from US Orleans in 2019 when he was simply 16 years previous and he was dubbed “promising” by journalist Mohamed Bouhafsi on the time of the transfer.

He signed his first skilled contract in August having experienced a style of the primary workforce squad for a Carabao Cup tie towards Arsenal, and regardless that he didn’t make it off the bench, the 16-year-old would have gained some essential expertise.

The younger Frenchman finally received a style of the primary workforce, turning into Liverpool’s youngest ever participant within the Champions League, coming on as an alternative choice to Fabinho of their conflict towards Midtjylland in 2020, with Klopp clearly a fan of the defender, saying after the tie that “there’s extra to come back” from Koumetio.

With fellow countryman Ibrahima Konate impressing since arriving at Anfield, there isn’t any doubt who Koumetio is wanting as much as in his ambitions to finally develop into Konate’s inheritor within the workforce.

The 19-year-old’s largest take a look at will come this season, with the centre-back joining Austria Vienna for a season-long mortgage, which can give him the prospect to expertise common first-team soccer on the highest stage.

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The 6 foot 3 titan has performed 5 matches to date this season and is displaying his expertise in Austria. He has received 60% of his complete duels, made on common 1.8 interceptions per match, and is just dribbled previous 0.2 instances every recreation, displaying his physicality at such a younger age.

There are excessive hopes for the Frenchman at Liverpool, and with Klopp an enormous fan, there needs to be a pathway to the primary workforce if he continues to impress.