Joel Matip has praised Ibrahima Konate and has backed his Liverpool team-mate to win the World Cup.
Konate starred for France in their semi-final triumph over Morocco on Wednesday and, after an illness scare, will be hoping to retain his place for this afternoon's final with France at the Lusail Iconic Stadium.
Matip and Konate, along with Joe Gomez, often compete with one another to partner Virgil van Dijk at the heart of Liverpool’s defence. But there is clearly a lot of mutual respect between the pair.