The race for his signature was a heated one, but the French starlet felt that Chelsea offered too much competition and too little clarity compared to the path laid out by Liverpool. Witha serious shoulder injury now behind him, he expects to be fully fit and ready to go when pre-season begins under the watchful eye of the Liverpool coaching staff.
"At Chelsea, I felt there were quite a lot of people [in his position]. Whereas at Liverpool, apart from the fact that Virgil van Dijk is nearing the end of his career, training with him is going to be huge," he added. "He's going to teach me so much. There's also [fellow Frenchman] Ibou Konate, who can help me settle in. Training with guys like that, it doesn't get any better than that."