Ibrahima Konate likely to start in France friendly — he missed 3 Liverpool game due to injury

The news that Ibrahima Konate was called up to the French national team came as a surprise as he had not played football since March 7, missing three games for Liverpool due to an injury.

Now, however, L'Equipe explains that the centre-back is likely to start in a friendly game against Chile on Tuesday.

With his injury history, Liverpool have a right to be concerned whether Konate is rushed into action before fully recovering.

At the same time, they did allow Konate to join his national team, unlike Mo Salah who withdrew from the Egypt squad.

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