{"id":19619,"date":"2024-11-20T11:57:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T11:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=19619"},"modified":"2024-11-20T11:57:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T11:57:37","slug":"liverpool-fans-future-captain-viral-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/liverpool-fans-future-captain-viral-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Fans Name Their Future Captain As Pre-Match Speech Footage Goes Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Liverpool fans have hailed Ibrahima Konate as a future captain after footage of him motivating France team-mates went viral.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old captained France in the absence of Kylian Mbappe for their 3-1 victory over Italy on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Konate has stepped up a gear this season under new Liverpool boss Arne Slot and that has been reflected with the reward of being handed the captain&#8217;s armband by France manager Didier Deschamps.<\/p>\n<p>The video of his pre-match speech to France team-mates will be encouraging to Liverpool fans &#8211; who fear that three of their senior players could leave the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/football\/\">football<\/a> club next summer.<\/p>\n<p>Current captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/liverpool-handed-key-boost-ahead-of-southampton-clash\/\">Virgil van Dijk<\/a>, vice-captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/trent-alexander-arnold-pictured-with-girlfriend-estelle-behnke\/\">Trent Alexander-Arnold<\/a> and star player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/lyon-set-asking-price-for-star-as-liverpool-line-up-mohamed-salah-replacement\/\">Mohamed Salah<\/a> are all in the final year of their contracts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Un immense honneur \u00a9\ufe0f une belle victoire pour cl\u00f4turer 2024! \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/equipedefrance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@equipedefrance<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J7QBivUS5J\">pic.twitter.com\/J7QBivUS5J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ibrahima Konate (@IbrahimaKonate_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IbrahimaKonate_\/status\/1858273587741749756?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>One fan commented on social media: &#8216;<em>If Trent leaves, Konate will be the next captain. Alisson, Robbo (Andy Robertson), Salah and Virgil (if they sign) have only two years max at the club.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Another supporter wrote on X: &#8216;<em>May just be next Liverpool&#8217;s captain in the making.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Ibrahima Konate Gives Motivating Speech To France Team-Mates<\/h2>\n<p>In the footage originally posted by the French football team&#8217;s official account, Ibrahima Konate and Mike Maignan are seen rousing the troops.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8220;<em>Come on guys, set-pieces, in defence and attack, Lucas (Digne) knows what he has to do,&#8221; Konate starts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><em>&#8220;Guys, there&#8217;s a first-place finish up for grabs too. First place means that in the next round, boys, the second match will be at home. That&#8217;s what&#8217;s important too, guys.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;\ud835\ude1e\ud835\ude26&#39;\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude26 \ud835\ude31\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude3a\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude28 \ud835\ude27\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude33 \ud835\ude31\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude25\ud835\ude26&quot; \ud83d\ude24<\/p>\n<p>Words of inspiration from Konat\u00e9 and Maignan in the dressing room before Italy-France \ud83d\udcaa<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FiersdetreBleus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FiersdetreBleus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hqMSl6LL8Y\">pic.twitter.com\/hqMSl6LL8Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; French Team \u2b50\u2b50 (@FrenchTeam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrenchTeam\/status\/1858831744222236974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>France lost 3-1 to Italy in the Nations League back in September and Konate was keen that this was not forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to add: <em>&#8220;But today, it&#8217;s about revenge absolutely. Revenge, revenge, revenge.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Liverpool star then made his way around the team, clapping hands with each of them before spurring on fellow defender Jules Kounde.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Jules, we know what we have to do boss. Keep talking a lot with everyone, okay?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Ibrahima Konate Joins List Of Liverpool Locker Room Leaders<\/h2>\n<p>Liverpool already possessed a strong list of locker room leaders before Ibrahima Konate appeared to step into the fray.<\/p>\n<p>Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/watch-andy-robertson-goal-scotland-poland\/\">Andy Robertson<\/a>, Dominik Szoboszlai and Wataru Endo all captain their national sides.<\/p>\n<p>Konate meanwhile joins Alisson, Luis Diaz and even youngster Conor Bradley to fill in and take the armband for their respective teams.<\/p>\n<p>Arne Slot&#8217;s side have an impressive leadership group consisting of Van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Salah, Robertson and Alisson.<\/p>\n<p>France defender Konate would be a strong contender to step up into the group in the future, regardless of whether Van Dijk, Alexander-Arnold and Salah leave at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19638 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/Konate1-560x363.jpg\" alt=\"Liverpool and France defender Ibrahima Konate\" width=\"560\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/Konate1-560x363.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/Konate1-924x599.jpg 924w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/Konate1-350x227.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/Konate1-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/11\/Konate1.jpg 1438w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Liverpool Defender A &#8216;Contender&#8217; to Replace Kylian Mbappe<\/h2>\n<p>France&#8217;s official captain, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/real-madrid-regret-signing-kylian-mbappe-amid-rape-investigation\/\">Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe,<\/a> has been absent from Didier Deschamps&#8217; last two squads.<\/p>\n<p>Deschamps has rotated the armband around several players, including Ibrahima Konate, in that time.<\/p>\n<p>The Liverpool star has cemented himself as first-choice after starting five of the last six games for Les Bleus.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lequipe.fr\/Football\/Article\/Deschamps-va-echanger-avec-mbappe-au-sujet-du-brassard-de-capitaine-de-l-equipe-de-france\/1521203\">L&#8217;Equipe<\/a>, that has made him a strong contender to take over as full-time captain.<\/p>\n<p>The French outlet claim that Deschamps will call Mbappe to discuss his captaincy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool fans have hailed Ibrahima Konate as a future captain after footage of him motivating France team-mates went viral. 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