Rio Ferdinand says £35m player is becoming a scapegoat at Liverpool now

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Rio Ferdinand believes Ibrahima Konate is becoming Liverpool’s scapegoatOne of Liverpool’s players who hasn’t been at their best this term is Ibrahima Konate. However, while speaking on his podcast, Ferdinand believes that he’s played well and is only getting as much stick from Liverpool fans due to his recent links with Real Madrid.

“There’s no way that Konate has a bad performance last season and he’s getting the headline treatment,” he said.“It’s only because of the interest from Real Madrid, and there’s going to be disgruntled fans and meet people in the media that support Liverpool who are going to now start pointing the finger and blaming him.“Or whenever there’s a little mistake here, and if there’s blame to be put between two people, he’ll probably get it now because of that situation.”Liverpool must figure out what Ibrahima Konate is doing at the end of the seasonAt the moment, Konate is arguably one of the most high-profile players in the world who is out of contract at the end of the season. Over the last few years, the defender has formed a formidable partnership with Virgil van Dijk, and although he hasn’t been at his best this term, on his day, he’s one of the best centre-backs in the league.

Photo by Carl Recine/Getty ImagesIndeed, this doesn’t seem all that fair, but when another one of Liverpool’s players could end up joining Los Blancos for nothing, it’s fair for fans to be rather upset. At the moment, it’s unclear what the future has in store, but for now, the main thing is that the Frenchman is still a Liverpool player.