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\n \u00a9 IMAGO – Ibrahima Konate Liverpool\n <\/p>\n
Liverpool aren’t messing around when it comes to finding a replacement for Ibrahima Konate<\/a>. The Reds have moved to agree terms.<\/strong><\/p>\n Ibrahima Konate is a serious problem for Liverpool right now. The Frenchman’s contract expires at the end of the season and we’re now within a month of him being able to formally talk with non-English clubs.<\/p>\n Article continues under the video<\/p>\n Liverpool do want to keep him and have tried to get him to renew for over a year now. At the same time, his form has dropped off a cliff at the worst possible time.<\/p>\n Konate is struggling badly as a starting player for Liverpool. This is someone who wants a hefty pay-bump if he’s to remain at Anfield but also someone who doesn’t appear to have too many options.<\/p>\n Liverpool, though, can only operate as if he’s leaving. They can’t risk ignoring the problem and then having Konate leave for nothing and with no backup plan – especially in the form he’s in.<\/p>\n And so finding that replacement is vital. It sounds like they might have found him, too.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Ibrahima Konate out, Wilfried Singo in?<\/p>\n Foot Sur<\/a> are among those reporting that Liverpool have made an offer for Galatasaray defender Wilfried Singo. Singo, 24, is capable of playing both right-back and centre-back.<\/p>\n That would make him a very able replacement for Konate while, importantly, offering an ability to play alongside him for the next few months. That’s absolutely a concern as it’s unlikely that he departs in the winter.<\/p>\n But getting that replacement in nice and early would offer Liverpool some breathing room. They wouldn’t need to rely heavily on a player who’s on course to leave, while potentially moving him out of the lineup nice and early.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n There’s a little ways to go, of course, and a fee would need to be agreed. The report claims Liverpool would try and get something done for around \u20ac28m, possible up to \u20ac43m.<\/p>\n That would be a bargain if Singo is capable of replacing Konate, though. Getting a deal like that done nice and early opens doors and makes the winter window easier – so we’ll cross our fingers.<\/p>\n From there, Konate may stay or go. Singo would mean Liverpool are well-covered either way, though.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udd34 Shop the LFC 2025\/26 adidas home range<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffb A new centre-back is COMING to Liverpool<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffb Liverpool finally replace Trent Alexander-Arnold with brilliant playmaker<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n