Reinforce the rear axle. That is one of the great objectives that the Manchester United facing the next course. The Red Devils They want to recruit a new center-back who can empathize with what is now their main defensive support, Englishman Harry Maguire.
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In previous days, the press has put on the table the names of such sought-after players as the Andalusian Sergio Ramos or the French Dayot Upamecano, but the truth is that the entity values other candidates who should be more affordable.
Specifically, the newspaper The Independent aim today at Ibrahima Konate, a young French player who is in his fourth season with the RB Leipzig German. The 21-year-old defender has just recovered from an ankle injury that has prevented him from performing normally at the start of the campaign and has caused him to only play 12 official games at this point.
With a contract in force until June 2023, his signing will go through a tough negotiation with a German team that in summer could also say goodbye to the aforementioned Upamecano and that, therefore, will not facilitate the departure of his pupil. Konaté landed on the Red Bull Arena in 2017 from FC Sochaux.