Betray Mbappé and Konaté, the Liverpool player who wants Messi to be World Cup winner

Qatar will come to the end of its first World Cup tournament, leaving this weekend its new monarch, either Argentina who will stop a 36-year unbeaten streak or France who will be the third team to achieve a bicampeonato, only behind Italy (1934/1938) Brazil (1958/1962). The bets and good wishes around this game reached Liverpool where one superstar made a controversial decision.

It is said that when a team-mate plays in a final with his home country, he should support it, but in this case England's Harvey Elliott chose the Pamepa team over that of his club-mate Konaté Ibrahima, who despite not being in the World Cup with the Gauls fervently wishes his country to remain at the top of world football.

More Liverpool news:

He unsettled Cristiano Ronaldo, Busquets and De Bruyne at the World Cup, Klopp is dreaming of him

The star who would leave Liverpool to make way for Mbappé

Elliott recently spoke of the admiration he has for Paris Saint Germain and Argentina legend Lionel Messi, acknowledging his quality on the pitch. "For me personally, being a massive Messi fan since I was growing up as a kid, I feel like he's the best player in the world at the moment," he told Football Daily including that for him, Messi is the real GOAT, even above Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah.

The 19-year-old striker went on to talk about Messi, where according to him, he is lucky to see him play. "For me personally, being a massive Messi fan since I was growing up as a kid, I feel like he's the best player in the world at the moment," said the Fulham FC youth product. Elliott added that what Lionel does is pure magic. "Each and every game, he gives it the very best and always produces something magic".

Harvey Elliott wants Messi to win

Elliott, who is with the Reds on tour in the Middle East, recently played 28 minutes in the 1-3 defeat to Olympique Lyon in the first of two games for The Pool in Dubai prior to their intense return to action on the Big Island, where they have the EFL Cup 1/8 Final clash against Manchester City and Boxing Day against Aston Villa and the final game of the year against Leicester City.