It has been reiterated that Liverpool are “confident” of putting an settlement with Ibrahima Konate over a brand new contract after a brand new provide was made to the defender.
Konate will turn out to be a free agent on the finish of the season and Actual Madrid are identified suitors as their prolificacy for constructing their squad on Bosman transfers continues.
It’s enjoying out equally to that of Trent Alexander-Arnold with claims in Spanish publication Marca claiming solely final week that Liverpool view Konate’s exit as a “done deal.”
These experiences had been refuted by sources near the 26-year-old, and now French outlet L’Equipe experiences Liverpool’s “management is confident” of agreeing a brand new contract.
They state {that a} new provide was tabled two weeks in the past and discussions are ongoing with a “number of points” nonetheless needing to be resolved, however that there’s confidence inside the membership.
Liverpool tabled their first contract provide to Konate final December, however the deadlock has been nicely documented, and the expectation has remained that he’ll depart on the finish of the season.
The Frenchman himself has not given a sign that an exit has been determined, as an alternative acknowledging he’s “very happy” on the membership, however that there are discrepancies within the phrases being mentioned.
Ibrahima Konate’s bargaining energy
Konate has began all however one among Liverpool’s 9 video games thus far this season however has appeared removed from the assured defender that he’s able to being at his finest.
The collapse of Marc Guehi’s switch on deadline day denied Arne Slot the competitors he would have been in search of at centre-back as Joe Gomez stays benched regardless of the No. 5’s type.
The 26-year-old shouldn’t be the ball-playing centre-back that matches the Dutchman’s mould, in contrast to Guehi, and he has been discovered within the early levels of the season as Liverpool expertise rising pains.
It has definitely not strengthened his hand in negotiations and Richard Hughes and Co. will probably be greater than conscious as talks proceed to discover a deal that fits all events.
For now, although, it’s a story that may rumble on, very similar to it did final season when three gamers had been out of contract.
