Actual Madrid have been closely linked with a transfer for a central defender subsequent summer season, and with William Saliba penning a contract renewal with Arsenal, it appears their attentions are centered on Ibrahima Konate. The Liverpool central defender is out of contract subsequent summer season, and may be signed at no cost in January.
To this point Konate has rejected a number of provides from Liverpool to resume his deal, and is reportedly very eager to hitch Actual Madrid. It has been leaked to the press within the Spanish capital that Los Blancos are more and more assured of repeating ‘the trick’ that they pulled off with Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Liverpool in recent talks with Ibrahima Konate
The Reds have been given recent hope over their bid to maintain Konate although. After it was reported that Konate had been provided a recent contract in current weeks, L’Equipe report that discussions are ongoing between Konate’s representatives and Liverpool. Their info is that Liverpool are assured of getting a deal performed with Konate, albeit various components of the deal are but to be agreed.
Actual Madrid but to make Konate a proposal
The French paper additionally keep that Actual Madrid are nonetheless but to make a proposal to Konate, regardless of being in common contact together with his brokers. This was famous by the Madrid press again in September, and seems to nonetheless be the case.
It does appear to type a part of Actual Madrid’s modus operandi, tending to maneuver a bit later than different golf equipment in that regard. Though they had been strongly enthusiastic about Alexander-Arnold for a while, they didn’t agree a deal till the final 5 months of his contract, and it was solely finalised in April. With Konate, it appears they are going to observe an analogous method; they’ve additionally been linked with Dayot Upamecano in current weeks.