Liverpool defender Andy Robertson during the Scotland training session at Lesser Hampden on October 8 2025 in Glasgow(Image: Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Ibrahima Konate remains sidelined for France to leave Liverpool still sweating on the fitness of the centre-back. But Andy Robertson has handed Reds boss Arne Slot a boost by returning to training for Scotland on Wednesday.

Konate limped off shortly after half-time in Liverpool's dramatic 2-1 Premier League defeat at Chelsea on Saturday evening with Slot later fearing the player had suffered a quad problem.

The centre-back nevertheless joined up with the France squad on Monday ahead of their World Cup qualifiers against Azerbaijan on Friday and Iceland next Monday, where his injury was assessed.

And while France national team boss Didier Deschamps had remained tightlipped over Konate's condition, his France team-mate and Arsenal defender William Saliba has shed light on the Liverpool player's fitness.

"He hasn't been training because he has some...