Chelsea legend Marcel Desailly has explained why he thinks he prefers Liverpool star Ibrahima Konate over Arsenal defender William Saliba.
Konate and Saliba have emerged as two of the best young defenders in the Premier League and they are also competing for starts at international level for France.Konate started twice for France during the most recent international break, while Saliba missed the games as a result of a toe injury.
“Upamecano, and Konate – their association is fabulous,” Desailly told Get French Football News. “And more than that – I think that, individually, they maybe have a level above what we saw with Varane and Umtiti. “I don’t believe his individual qualities to be above average. He’s at a very, very high level but not extraordinary. So before absorbing the international level, he needs to acclimatise to those associations.
“I believe that Dayot Upamecano and Virgil Van Dijk are above Saliba, even though Van Dijk has dropped a little bit. We do, however, need to give Saliba time. He only arrived two years ago and, back then, nobody knew his name.
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