Liverpool look set to conclude their first piece of transfer business this summer following news RB Leipzig's Ibrahima Konate is close to joining the club for £36million.The Reds will reportedly trigger Konate’s release clause to end his four-year stay in Germany, but the central defender may be disappointed in the choice of available shirt numbers on Merseyside.That’s because the Frenchman’s favoured No.
6 jersey already belongs to Thiago Alcantara, with little chance the playmaker will relinquish his callsign of eight years to the newcomer.Konate, 22, has played with the same number since he joined Leipzig from Sochaux in 2017, having also worn No.
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