It seems very much to have been a season of one step forward, two steps back and with Ibou Konate recovering from a hamstring injury – Paul Joyce has now confirmed the severity of the problem and how many games our defender will miss.
On his Twitter account, the Times journalist wrote: ‘Ibrahima Konate faces up to three weeks’ absence with a hamstring injury. The Liverpool centre-back will miss matches against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Everton, Newcastle United and possibly Real Madrid in the Champions League.
It’s a huge blow to the player and the club and to see the caliber of games the Frenchman will miss really means Joel Matip and Joe Gomez will have to step up to fill the boots of Virgil van Dijk and now another teammate. of injured team.
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However, given the injury history of the two remaining centre-backs, it will be a difficult decision for Jurgen Klopp whether he tries to rotate in position with the likes of Rhys Williams, Nat Phillips and Fabinho, or risk hastening the comeback. of our No.4 and No.5.
With Bolton Baresi though, he seems to be cursed at this point because every time we get closer to allowing him to go and chase his dreams of more first team football something like this happens.
It seems short-sighted to allow more defenders to leave the club when we have such an injury problem at the moment and if someone else is injured next week, we will be left with the egg in our faces for allowing our No.47 to leave.
It’s a terrible position for Jurgen Klopp and now he has additional problems to deal with, something he really didn’t need.
You can check out Konate’s update via @_pauljoyce on Twitter:
Ibrahima Konate faces up to three weeks out with a hamstring injury. The Liverpool centre-back will miss matches against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Everton, Newcastle United and possibly Real Madrid in the Champions League.
— Paul Joyce (@_pauljoyce) January 31, 2023
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