Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate has revealed that Reds’ colleague Trent Alexander-Arnold has already been stoking the fire ahead of the pair’s meeting this weekend.
A vast array of Reds’ players are set to come together in England ’s World Cup quarter-final meeting with France on Saturday evening. Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson is among those but it is Alexander-Arnold and Konate who have been in touch with each other ahead of what promises to be a hugely entertaining game.
The French centre-back has detailed exactly what his club colleague has said with just a few days to go until the match itself. Speaking at a France press conference, the former RB Leipzig centre-back said: "This rivalry has existed for a long time, in U16 I played England and it was a different match.