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Isabel Baldwin

Fans react as £36million signing rumoured to be en route to Liverpool

Ibrahima Konate posted a photo to his Instagram story which suggested the £36million signing was on his way to Liverpool.

The defender became the Reds' first summer signing in May after joining on a permanent deal from RB Leipzig.

The Frenchman put pen to paper on a five-year deal after the club paid his £36million release clause to the Bundesliga side.

The defender's arrival at the club will add much-needed reinforcement to the squad after injuries to Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip decimated Liverpool's title defence hopes last season.

And Reds fans were given hope that the French Under-21 international had landed in Merseyside ahead of schedule after he posted a photo at Nice airport yesterday suggesting he was Liverpool-bound.

The 22-year-old had been enjoying a break in the south of France and the photo included a caption saying: "Thank you for this holiday in Cannes big boss."

The photo suggests that anxious fans won't have to wait much longer to the greatly anticipated arrival in a Liverpool shirt.

One fan even speculated that Konate could be arriving early to link up with van Dijk before the official start of pre-season, bolstering Liverpool's centre-back plans before the new season.

Konate officially became a member of Jurgen Klopp's squad on Thursday when the transfer was completed and he is set to link up with the Reds for the first time at the beginning of pre-season training on July 12.

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