Konate explains Klopp’s behavior with the team
The Reds’ defender has talked about Jurgen Klopp’s relationship with the players.
says that his transfer to
Liverpoolwas because Jurgen Klopp convinced him to do it. The 22-year-old defender who has joined the Reds from
RB Leipzigand has played 17 games for his side says that Jurgen Klopp talks to him often.
"Yes, I spoke with him two or three times,"
Konate told
Sky Sports.<em>
"If Jurgen Klopp calls you, you think a lot about this! He does not call you for nothing!
"But we speak a lot, about me, my private life, about him also, the club, the mentality of the players, everything.
"It is not just me and him, you know, it is about everything I take this decision - the mentality of the club, the players with whom I will work every day, about the city, about everything and with this, I made my decision."
"I asked him if I will play or not,"
Konate added,
"and he said, 'yes, you will play.' He did not tell me, 'yes you will play a lot like you are the first defender, or you will not play a lot like you are the last defender.'
"But it was always like that with me - when I was with Sochaux, when I go to Germany, the coach never told me, 'Yes you will play a lot.'
"No, it is always with me, I train a lot and after step by step, I win my place and why not with Liverpool I cannot do this? And this is good, as after this, I will work a lot."
He has also talked about playing in the Premier League, insisting that there are a lot of big teams in the Premier League and that there is always a tough competition between the big teams.
"Of course - everybody says this,"
he said
. "You see this on the TV, but when you are on the pitch, it is more and more and more crazy.
"You do not have a bad team, if I can say this with respect for every team in the Bundesliga, but sometimes in the Bundesliga you play against a team and you know you will win.
"But here you never know - you play against the side last in the table, but it will be as difficult as if you were playing against the team who are first, you know?
"And this is crazy in the Premier League, the intensity and power of the teams, the mentality, the fans, everything is crazy here."
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