Konate has certainly come a long way in a short amount of time. Born in Koumassi, one of the poorest districts of Cote d'Ivoire's largest city, Abidjan, he was spotted by scouts from ASEC while playing in a street football competition.
As Leeds will attest, both this season and last, McTominay has much more in his locker than his mercenary label would suggest.
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Poor in the first 45, but he really grew into the game after the interval. A near-complete performance from a man who is desperately unlucky not to be in the England set-up.
On Sunday, James Tomkins scored the eighth goal Everton have conceded this season from set-pieces. They'll be soaking up pressure and shots should be coming at Jordan Pickford from all angles.
He cleared the ball as another Palace player was coming in to shoot. Sometimes you want that edge, to try and get there a bit quicker.
Prutton predicts: 2-2 (Sky Bet odds) Stoke vs Cardiff, Saturday 3pmWhen Stoke are at their best, they are one of the best sides in the Championship.
They splurged over £100m on 12 players ahead of 2018/19, before being forced into the January market for a short-term fix in an attempt to save their ill-fated season.
No side has drawn more matches than Villarreal this season in La Liga, with seven of the Yellow Submarine's 13 matches ending as stalemates.
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Yes, it gives you more hunger and motivation to be playing in the biggest of tournaments and games, he replied when asked if missing out on England's run to the final of Euro 2020 drove him on.
Most Premier League clubs are due to play three times between Boxing Day and January 2, and there are fears more games will be postponed because of Covid cases.
Benitez can call on fond memories of this fixture - he has a fine record in derby matches from his time in the Anfield dugout. After losing his first encounter at Goodison in December 2004 he only lost one of the subsequent 11 Premier League meetings, with his only other defeat coming after extra time in an FA Cup fourth-round replay in 2009.
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Team newsLeicester boss Brendan Rodgers is hopeful Jonny Evans will be fit to face Watford. Daniel Amartey stands by to deputise again while the rested Jamie Vardy will return.
I don't think we played particularly well. I thought you saw qualities from Palace in the first half, they started the game better than us.
Ferguson's pedigree was obvious, a man who had conquered Europe with Aberdeen, winning 10 major trophies, deserved resources, trust and time.
But the leader's surprise 4-2 loss at promoted Bochum on Saturday gave Dortmund added incentive to claim its first league win at Union at the third attempt.
And I was like, this is just amazing, this is nice, to help me to be better. During Ramadan West Ham gave Cissoko a box created by Nujum Sports which included dates for opening the fast, holy water, a prayer mat, perfume, and other helpful items for the holy month.
I know Gareth well from the circuit, when you're going around watching matches, we bumped into each other quite a lot before the Covid restrictions hit, so I've got a lot of respect for Gareth, he's a really good person and always nice to bump into him and speak to him, and hopefully we can have a nice chat tomorrow.
Exceptional is the word that Pep Guardiola uses to describe his Manchester City team and he means it in more than one sense.
It required a few phone calls during the night. We were clear we had to play in this way, and I'm very happy it worked.
We want to play football and enjoy it, but we have to reduce it. Each time a decision is made it is more games, more games, the Portuguese said.
With Diogo Jota, Roberto Firmino and Oxlade-Chamberlain, there was lots of energy and rotation between their positions and they certainly didn't look like an attack struggling for ideas.
“But I remember Arsene saying, 'This is a marathon, not a sprint. Stick with it, we will get better.' We then went on a 28-game unbeaten run to win the double.”
The keeper was called into action again four minutes later to deny Archer when Preston broke forward.
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Chelsea to win to nil has paid out in five of their six away matches this season and is offered at the healthy price of 11/10 (2.10).
That would be vindication for Dalot, who has always vowed to fight for his place at Old Trafford. It will put pay to any potential loan move in January (Jose Mourinho's Roma are one of the clubs interested in such a deal), but the coming weeks and months present the 22-year-old with a chance to finally nail down a position in the United team in what is his fourth season at Old Trafford.
DAILY MIRROR Roman Abramovich is not making a snap decision on selling Chelsea despite being in a rush to offload the club to a prospective buyer.
That daunting prospect is one Francis believes his former manager will be perfectly qualified to address, through the man-management and coaching skills he saw first-hand on the south coast.
Mikel Arteta is becoming animated, eyes widening and hands gesticulating enthusiastically as our conversation turns to the connection between his team and the Arsenal supporters.
Back both teams to receive 20 or more booking points (10 points for a yellow, 25 for a red). Kurt Zouma was hobbling at the end of Saturday's match but hopes to be fit.
We have to do the same now again. Arfield: We have to cope without Alfredo Rangers midfielder Scott Arfield admits they struggled without the attacking threat of Alfredo Morelos, but they all have to adapt after the striker was ruled out for the rest of the season.
The Norway international has started just 10 league games this season (scoring 13 goals) due to injuries, so keeping him fit could prove central to an unlikely title bid in the second half of the campaign.
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Fabrizio Romano reports that the winger is now in Barcelona with his agent, with a medical set to take place on Monday. A fee of 55 million euros with another 10 million in potential add-ons is believed to have been agreed between the Catalans and City.