Liverpool may face a battle to maintain maintain of 1 participant over the subsequent few months, in line with one of the revered journalists masking the membership.
As per Switch marketthe Reds at present have six first-teamers whose contracts will expire in June 2026, one among whom is Ibrahima Konate.
Hypothesis has already been rife over the Frenchman’s future, with Empire of the Kop reporting final month of curiosity from Actual Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain. In the meantime, CaughtOffside claimed that there was ‘no present indication of a optimistic breakthrough’ in negotiations over a brand new deal for the 26-year-old.
Liverpool may face a battle to maintain Konate
In his newest Liverpool Confidential Q&A for Mail SportLewis Steele was requested if the centre-back is letting his contract run down with a purpose to go away on a free switch subsequent summer season.
The journalist replied: ‘Not essentially however it’s honest to say Konate’s future hangs within the steadiness on the time of writing. It was November when Richard Hughes first opened talks with Konate’s representatives and, 10 months on, we are not any nearer to a decision.
‘Confidential understands Liverpool stay in talks with Konate’s camp and wish to wrap up a deal to make sure a place of power for the longer term.
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‘There may be nothing extra to say than that; it’s not signed but and there was no particular indication both means on the route of journey, however it’s a fear for Liverpool, particularly after the long-running sagas over contracts final yr.
‘With respect to Konate, he’s not as high-profile as Salah or Van Dijk, however it might nonetheless be an enormous blow to lose him for nothing. Actual Madrid’s curiosity is actual.’
Konate remains to be vastly necessary for Liverpool
That negotiations have been ongoing for practically a yr and there’s no signal of a decision is certainly alarming for Liverpool, who may quickly be confronted with a significant choice over Konate’s future.
Having been thwarted on the eleventh hour of their deadline day pursuit of Marc Guehi, the Reds proceed to be vastly reliant on the Frenchman, who joined from RB Leipzig 4 years in the past for £36m (The Impartial).
The 26-year-old confronted criticism for a few of his performances initially of the season, and certainly he has appeared worryingly shaky of late, however he atoned for that with an impressive show within the hard-fought win over Arsenal final Sunday.
Liverpool followers have been put by the wringer for a lot of the 2024/25 marketing campaign as Mo Salah and Virgil van Dijk have been frighteningly near operating down their contracts earlier than penning new offers in April, and Kopites wouldn’t welcome a repeat saga with Konate over the approaching months.
Now that the switch market is shut till January, hopefully sporting director Hughes can lastly make a breakthrough in negotiations with the French defender earlier than the tip of the calendar yr and get rid of any doubts as to his future.
