German football pundit Raphael Honigstein says Liverpool have signed a player with great potential in Ibrahima Konate.
The France centre-back, who is currently representing his country at the UEFA U21 European Championship, has completed a medical and finalised terms with the Reds and will switch to the club on July 1 from RB Leipzig subject to international clearance and a successful work permit application.
Honigstein told the club's website: “He is a very technical centre-back.
“In terms of his development as a player, I think it has been pretty good if you consider the fact that was the first big club he played for and he has gone from a player that was picked up for free to a player seen as the solution to one of Liverpool's problems next season.
“He is just a top, an absolute top player. If it's true that centre-backs, a little bit like centre-forwards, tend to mature a little bit later – and I guess [Virgil] van Dijk is a very good example of that – then the ceiling is still very, very high for him.
“I think there's a lot more he can achieve and he can personally aspire to. So, top buy, in my view."
