Werner hails Liverpool defender ahead of FA Cup final

Chelsea striker Timo Werner has hailed his former RB Leipzig teammate Ibrahima Konate who now plays for Liverpool.

If Werner gets a nod to play for the Blues in the FA Cup final today, he would have to work hard on overcoming a defender he knows well and who knows him too.

Konate made the move from Werner’s former club RB Leipzig to Liverpool last summer and is a regular players at Anfield.

‘I like him a lot. He’s very calm. I played three years with him and he is a brilliant defender,’ Werner praises.

‘It was unlucky that Chelsea did not buy him one or two years ago, but I think Liverpool did a very good deal with him.

‘I remember one story from Leipzig when he said when he was injured that normally he has only problems with Timo in training, and now he has problems with every player in training! That was because he was not on his level because of the injury. He was saying this to the manager and we were laughing because he is very good in duels.

‘It is good for him that he’s back in shape but bad for us because he helps Liverpool a lot. In this final we have to beat him as well!’