According to reports, Liverpool have submitted a \u2018new proposal\u2019 to Ibrahima Konate as they look to fend off competition from Real Madrid for his signature.<\/p>\n
Konate is the most valuable footballer who could become a free agent in 2026<\/strong> <\/a>as he is in the final year of his current Liverpool contract.<\/p>\n The France international has been heavily criticised for his poor form this season as he has become a weak link for Liverpool<\/strong><\/a>, but it appears that they are keen to tie him down to a new contract.<\/p>\n However, it may be difficult for Liverpool to get Konate<\/strong> <\/a>to sign a new deal as he is attracting interest from several European giants, including Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n Real Madrid could be put off by his current form, but they currently look to be his most likely next destination as they are in the market for a new centre-back.<\/p>\n Now, a report from French outlet L\u2019Equipe (via Get French Football News) claims<\/a> Liverpool have submitted a \u2018new proposal\u2019 to Konate\u2019s representatives and they are \u2018confident\u2019 that he will eventually accept.<\/p>\n READ: Five Liverpool stars who need to be replaced with upgrades, including Virgil van Dijk and Mo Salah<\/a> The report claims:<\/p>\n \u2018L\u2019Equipe understands that, despite Konat\u00e9\u2019s rather inconsistent start to the season and an interest from Real Madrid, Liverpool executives continue to do \u201cwhat is necessary\u201d to extend Konat\u00e9\u2019s stay, in the same way they did with Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah last season.<\/p>\n \u2018The outlet adds that Liverpool have transmitted a new contract renewal proposal to Konat\u00e9\u2019s entourage in those last few days. The Reds are said to be confident regarding the outcome of the negotiations and convinced that Konat\u00e9\u2019s status in Arne Slot\u2019s squad is a strong evidence that his future lies at Anfield.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Still, Liverpool are being linked with several potential replacements, with current reports indicating that Crystal Palace\u2019s Marc Guehi or Inter Milan\u2019s Alessandro Bastoni could be signed.<\/p>\n MORE LIVERPOOL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026 Regarding Bastoni, a report from journalist Pete O\u2019Rourke from Football Insider claims Liverpool would be \u2018forced to pay \u00a380m\u2019 if they want to sign him next year.<\/p>\n The report claims: \u2018Sources say that there is no chance Liverpool would be able to sign Bastoni in the January transfer window, as it is such a difficult move to pull off.<\/p>\n \u2018The defender is very settled at Inter Milan and doesn\u2019t want to jeopardise his future ahead of the World Cup next summer.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to reports, Liverpool have submitted a \u2018new proposal\u2019 to Ibrahima Konate as they look to fend off…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[179773,748,393,4884,225,10307,179,12,101,16,2970,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-564651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-alessandro-bastoni","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-home-page","13":"tag-ibrahima-konate","14":"tag-liverpool","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-premier-league","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-uncategorized","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115533883992259734","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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