‘One of the fastest’: Cody Gakpo says 24-year-old Liverpool player is just as fast as Darwin Nunez

Liverpool have some absolutely rapid players on their books right now.

The likes of Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez, Mo Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai are unbelievably quick.

Jurgen Klopp’s heavy metal style requires all of his players to have an element of pace about them, but the amount of speed in this Liverpool team is borderline ridiculous.

So, who is the fastest player at Liverpool? Well, speaking on the Premier League’s YouTube channel, Cody Gakpo has given an interesting answer to this question.

As you can imagine, Gakpo named Nunez and Salah as two of the quickest players at Anfield, while he also stated that Ibrahima Konate is one of the fastest players in the squad as well.

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Konate one of the fastest

Gakpo shared his verdict on the 24-year-old.

“I think Ibou is one of the fastest, Darwin and Mo maybe, we have a lot of fast players,” Gakpo said.

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Konate isn’t necessarily someone you associate with lightning speed because of his immense strength and size, but he is absolutely rapid.

The Frenchman is able to play in Jurgen Klopp’s high line with such ease because he is so fast, and we can’t help but think how frustrating it must be for a striker to come up against a centre-back who has you beaten all ends up in this way.

Konate’s combination of strength and pace make him one of the most physically imposing players around, and if he can just brush up on his ball-playing abilities and decision-making abilities, he’d genuinely be one of the very best centre-backs in the world.

At the age of just 24, Konate has plenty of time on his side to improve those aspects of his game, so don’t be shocked if the Frenchman becomes a true superstar in the coming years.

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