Jean-Luc Vasseur, the ex-trainer of Ibrahima Karamoko at Versailles, said of the 24-year-old French-Ivorian centre-back: 'It would not surprise me if the next step is England, with a period in the Championship.' The article discusses whether Standard could cash in on the player, who joined the club in January 2025, in the summer, mentioning his contract runs until 2030 and that his market value, according to Transfermarkt, has risen to nearly 2 million euro.