Liverpool fans have expressed their delight at the fact new recruit Ibrahima Konate appears to have already hit it off with stalwart Virgil van Dijk.
The fact there seems to be a budding friendship brewing can only be good news for the Anfield faithful given Konate has been purchased with the thought of becoming Van Dijk's long-term partner at the back.
Konate is Liverpool's only signing of the summer thus far, with Jurgen Klopp's side parting ways with £36m for the 22-year-old Frenchman to lure him to Merseyside from former side RB Leipzig.
Gearing up for his competitive debut, which is expected to come in the opening round of Premier League fixtures next season, Konate has featured a number of times during Liverpool's pre-season tour
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