The news of PSG's audacious bid for Ibrahima Konaté landed like a rogue wave in the already choppy waters of Liverpool's season.
"So," Andy Robertson began, his voice a low, dangerous growl as he walked into the dressing room. "First they come for our captain's knee. Now they come for his partner. What's next? Are they going to make a bid for the Anfield cat?"
"It is a tactical destabilization campaign," Julián Álvarez declared, his face a mask of intense, conspiratorial seriousness. He was examining a stray blade of grass he'd apparently found on his boot. "First, they weaken our defensive foundation. Then, they will attempt to steal our 'Secret Weapon of Tactical Confusion'," he said, pointing dramatically at himself. "It is a classic pincer movement. Very clever. Very French."
