Smiling ear to ear when welcoming us on the eve of departure for Doha, Ibrahima Konaté confesses to already feeling like a fish in water with the Blues tracksuit on his back, despite his short international experience.
From the final of the last Champions League, with Liverpool, to Didier Deschamps' list of 26, the imposing 23-year-old central defender (1.94 m) swallows the stages with insolent ease.
No doubt because he found his great friends Dayot Upamecano and Marcus Thuram.
Circumstances and the defection of Presnel Kimpembe should even propel him into central defense.
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