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England’s Euro 2020 game against the Czech Republic is approaching the 15th minute and Harry Maguire has touched the ball 43 times. With his 44th touch, Maguire does something for the first time: he passes the ball to Luke Shaw.
That was one of only seven passes from England’s left-sided central defender to England’s left-back on Tuesday. For some context, Maguire played 80 minutes in that position (he moved to the right when Tyrone Mings replaced John Stones) and completed 62 passes in total during England’s 1-0 victory.
That means about 11 percent of his passes ended up at Shaw’s feet. In fact, Maguire made more passes to the England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford than the full-back who spent the majority of the game outside him.
Liverpool have finalised a deal for centre-back Ibrahima Konate from RB Leipzig. We take a closer look at the Frenchman.
A reported £36 million release clause has Konate confirmed as the first new signing of the summer, with Jurgen Kloppexplaining: “After the problems we had with injuries in the centre-half position last season, there’s no doubt it was clear it was an area of the team we needed to strengthen.”
Konate is highly-rated, that’s clear, and his age and main qualities certainly fit the profile of player Liverpool want to bring to Anfield.
He’s 21, he’s 6ft 4, he’s quick, he’s