Transfer News: AS Monaco courting Ivory Coast youngster Karim Konate

In 2021 in the Guardian’s top 60 talents of world football, Karim Konate of Asec Mimosas, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku of Ghana and Josue Doke of Togo were the only three Africans to make that list.

Karim Konate was with Asec Mimosas in Ivory Coast, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku was at Steadfast in Ghana and Josue Doke was at the famous West African Football Academy (WAFA) in Ghana.

We are in 2024, fast forward, Karim Konate has been drawing huge interest from French Ligue 1 side AS Monaco while Abdul Fatawu Issahaku is on the verge of securing promotion to the English Premier League with Leicester City and Josue Doke at 19 is in Lithuania playing for Be1 NFA.

How accurate can the Guardian’s selection be?

Karim Konate, 20, has been in the books of RB Salzburg since 2020.

The Asec Mimosas academy graduate has very good numbers in Austria and he is highly rated by RB Salsburg.

He has scored 16 goals in 33 appearances for Salsburg.