Jamie Carragher has backed summer signing Jeremy Jacquet as already superior to Ibrahima Konate, the centre-back who left for Real Madrid in the summer.
The 21-year-old has impressed in his first six games, earning man-of-the-match honours in Liverpool’s win at Bournemouth and helping the club keep three successive Premier League clean sheets for the first time in over two years. “He looks the part, doesn’t he?” Carragher said on The Overlap Fan Debate. “He looks a big improvement on Ibrahima Konate.”
Carragher also addressed the contrasting fortunes of Liverpool’s two biggest signings from last summer. Alexander Isak is now finding form and goals, but Florian Wirtz continues to struggle. The former defender argued Wirtz was tasked with replacing something unique. “Wirtz is a replacement for Trent Alexander-Arnold, because Liverpool’s most creative player was a full-back. It was a freak; it was not normal,” Carragher explained. “You can’t go and buy a right-back who does that. What Liverpool didn’t have was a Kevin De Bruyne or a Martin Odegaard.”
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