Ibrahima Konate Injuries

'We always have to wait and see, [but] the way he limped off, he told me it was cramp. Let's hope he is right in his assessment, but we have to wait and see tomorrow how he feels and how that will work out.' 'Ibou is OK, he trained with us.'

'Yeah, he is at this moment of time... The day after the game is recovery. If you play so many games with only two days of rest in between, you cannot do a lot, but he is declared completely fit, he doesn’t feel the discomfort anymore.'

'I spoke to him a few times... I think these are private matters, and they should stay between us. But it's very obvious that if something like that happens, then the player needs time to be there for his family, and also time for himself.' 'Of course, I spoke to him, and if you know why he is not here, we know that he is having a hard time. I'm hoping and expecting him back soon, but also not for tomorrow evening's game.' '[I am] hoping and expecting to have Ibou [for Saturday], but I cannot guarantee this yet.' 'Ibou trained with us yesterday and trains with us today and will be in the squad tomorrow.'

'I don’t know if it is a big injury, but what I do know is he limped a little bit, and when I asked him, he said he felt his quad a little bit. Then, for me, all alarm bells go off because in another sprint, you never know if that is going to go good.' 'Ibou has come back to us, started the sessions again and is expected to train with us today.'

'I think it was only cramp, so I don't think it was an injury. We have to find out in the upcoming games.'

'I have to ask, but for me, Ibou was more that he was tired than it was an injury.' 'We didn’t train yesterday. We were on a day off, and the day before was recovery, so I expect him to train with us today, but let’s see how he is.'

'I know where they have pain, but how bad or how good, it's difficult to judge so soon after a game. I'm really hoping that [Konate and Bradley] will be available to play [against City].' 'Let's wait and see. Ibou didn't walk off the pitch as he should have after such a fantastic game, but unfortunately, he couldn't, so that's not a good sign.' 'They will both be out for a few weeks. I have said many times before it's always difficult to judge how many exactly because you can think in the beginning it'll be like this, and then the end stage of an injury process can always differ a bit.' 'Ibou and Conor are still not training with us.' 'These are the two that are still 'in the red'... they are on their way back, but they don’t [fully] train with the team yet. Sometimes, they join, and then they are not completely ready to start yet. So, let’s wait and see.' 'They will not be back for West Ham, but then there's a week in between. So, let's see how close they are then. But it's difficult for me to tell you at this point because they don't train with the group yet.' 'Conor and Ibou will train with us today for the first time. They have worked hard to come back to the team, but the next step is always, ‘How do you handle team sessions?'

'So many bodies around the ball, and I think I headed him on his arm. Hopefully, it is not too bad. We just have to see. You can be quite OK as a player with an arm injury, so hopefully, he will be fine.' 'Yeah, he is available to play. And I think also completely recovered, so there is no issue for him to not play because of what he had. Then it is up to me to make the decision if he plays or not. But he is in a good place.'

'We don't know [yet]. Ibou said to me when he passed me, in that moment, 'I thought if I do another sprint, then it could be bad.' So, he said he should be fine, but we don't know.' 'Ibou was rather positive last night, he thought he made the right decision, in the right moment, saying it's better I go [off]. He will get scanned, definitely, [but] so far, I don't have the results.' 'Ibou has a chance for United. A good chance.' 'Ibou didn't train today. We have to see if he can train tomorrow, but it will be a tight, tight race, which we will probably lose, but we don't know.'

'Yeah, both for injury reasons as well. We will see how serious it is, but they were not available today.' 'It's not serious, but he needs a little time.[We do] not take risks because it's an area where he has already had problems; he would not have been available for training until Friday or Saturday.'

'And Ibou is a doubt. Yeah, playing 40 minutes with ten men didn't help; let me say it like that. But that's the situation.' 'Not too serious, but serious enough. Maybe a chance for Villa, but I expect him to be back after the international break.' 'No, Ibou will not be ready for the game.' 'Ibou trained for two days with the team.'

'Ibou was ill yesterday.'

'Ibou, we need to see how it is with him, but in the moment, I am rather positive, but that doesn't mean a lot. From possible starters, I think that's it.' 'He's not injured but, in the last 2-3 weeks, he always had to rest - one, two days, then half a session, stuff like this. We have to make sure he recovers properly [so] he doesn't get injured; that's why we left him at home.'

'Ibou couldn't train for two days but should be back today.'

'Ibou has a muscle injury. Again, he didn't think it was massive; it happened in the game; I asked him after, 'Are you OK?' and he said, 'Yeah!' [He had] treatment, scan, bam, out.' 'Ibou is near, but [only] two sessions he had after a long injury.' 'Ibou trained now completely normal. Should be absolutely OK for the squad at least.'

'He is now training with us; he will be available now as well. So, positive for this moment.'

'Ibou couldn’t play for us today; I really think he should be fine. It maybe needs five or six days, then he should be fine.'

'He will be, in the end, out maybe for ten days until he can start training again. So, tomorrow it's a week and then maybe Saturday, he is back in team training.'

"We don't know exactly yet on Ibou, but it doesn't look too concerning, so I hope we caught it at the right moment." "We have to see how long it will take, but he is out for a while." 'In and around the international break, he will be back in training.' 'Yes, back. For the weekend, [it] depends on training today, but he’s back, and that’s good.'