According to Marca newspaper, Ibrahima Konate, who is entering the final year of contract with Liverpool, announced that he is willing to leave the club right this summer, if Real Madrid made a reasonable offer for him.
Konate was known to the Liverpool leadership that he was not afraid to leave the Merseyside team this summer, as long as the Real Madrid side made an official offer. Currently, the 2024/25 Premier League champion is also seriously considering selling the French center-back, because of concerns that may lose this player in the summer next year, similar to the case of Trent Alexander-Arnold.
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Ibrahima Konate only has a 12 -month contract with Liverpool. |
The report also added that Konate denied many contracts to extend contracts from Liverpool and clearly affirmed to the club that the reason was not for money. The French center -back will continue to be patient, as long as he has the opportunity to play for the Royal Spanish team, Real Madrid prestigious. Therefore, Liverpool is also gradually losing hope to keep his defensive star after 2026.
At the moment, Real Madrid Club is determined to consolidate the defense when entering a new era under the guidance of coach Xabi Alonso. The names like David Alaba and Antonio Rudiger are over 30 years old and are facing injuries.
Although Real Madrid has completed a big deal in the defense with the appearance of Dean Huijsen, their ambition has not stopped. So a 26 -year -old center -back move can take place right this summer.
In the context of Konate resolutely not to renew the contract, Liverpool had only two choices for him to leave this summer, or continue to use a year before Konate joined Real Madrid for free next year.
As AS reported earlier this week, Liverpool requested a fee of 50 million euros (£ 43 million/USD 58 million) to Konate to leave this summer. However, Real Madrid in the 'upper door' position will not pay more than 20-25 million euros (17-21.5 million pounds/23.5-29 million USD) to the French player.