Liverpool have announced the signing of RB Leipzig defender Ibrahima Konate after triggering his €41.5 million release clause.
Sources had told ESPN that Konate was set to become the club's first major arrival of the summer and manager Jurgen Klopp said: "I'm really pleased we've been able to add a player of Ibrahima's quality to our squad and he is someone I've admired for a long time, ever since I first became aware of his potential when he was at Sochaux."
"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 -- but I first have to say that the job Nat [Philips], Rhys [Williams] and Ozan [Kabak] did was incredible.