Real Madrid is willing to spend 150 million euros to recruit the French midfielder duo, William Saliba and Ibrahima Konate, from the top two Premier League clubs, Arsenal and Liverpool.
According to Fichajes, these are two names identified as a nucleus for the three -person defense system that coach Xabi Alonso has been built since he came to power. Moreover, they will be the chosen players to thoroughly refresh the defense, in the context of Alaba, Militao is too sensitive to injury, and Rudiger gradually grows up.
The first goal Ibrahima Konate, currently belonging to the Liverpool payroll and has a contract until 2026. Although there has been no move to extend from the Anfield team, Real Madrid is considering 3 options: or spending about 50 million euros to buy him right this summer, or wait until Konate becomes a free player. And yet, Real is also ready to use Brahim Diaz with a fee in exchange for Konate's signature.
Konate reached the sight of Real thanks to his outstanding bodybuilding, good ability to read situations and experience in the top match. These are the qualities that the new coach Xabi Alonso highly appreciated the consolidation of the defense of the White Vulture.
With the contract of Konate only one year left and not progressing in negotiations, Liverpool may seriously consider the proposal from Real Madrid, although the price and the accompanying player in the proposal is still not enough to convince the Anfield team.
In contrast to Konate, the William Saliba deal is much more complex. The player of Arsenal still has contracts until 2027 and Arsenal naturally does not want to release. However, Real Madrid is still ready to spend nearly 100 million euros to bring Saliba to the Bernabeu.
President Florentino Perez believes that Saliba is an important piece to complete the dream defense with Konate and young talent Dean Huijsen. If coming to Real Madrid, Saliba also has the opportunity to compete with French compatriots such as Mbappe, Camavinga, Tchouameni and Mendy. Good news for Real when there is information that Saliba is willing to reduce wages or sacrifice a part of income so that it can be soon to the royal team.