Ibrahima Konate is hesitating to signal a brand new contract at Liverpool, prompting concern that the membership might lose one other key participant after Trent Alexander-Arnold’s transfer to Actual Madrid. Konate’s present deal enters its remaining 12 months subsequent month, and in line with the Guardian, he has rejected Liverpool’s preliminary extension provide, which was closely performance-based. The French defender’s camp is pushing for a better base wage.
Contract talks with Konate have been delayed final season as Liverpool prioritized extensions for Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk, each of whom signed two-year offers in April. Failure to achieve a brand new settlement with Konate this summer time may mirror the Alexander-Arnold scenario, the place Liverpool obtained solely £10m for letting the right-back go away a month early, regardless of the right-back’s a lot greater market worth.
In the meantime, Andy Robertson can be getting into the ultimate 12 months of his contract, with Liverpool open to promoting him to Atletico Madrid if he needs to go away. Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher has already departed for Brentford in an £18m deal.
Regardless of a powerful begin to the switch window, together with the £145.5m mixed arrivals of Florian Wirtz and Jeremie Frimpong, the centre-back place stays unresolved. Liverpool plan to revisit talks with Konate later this summer time however are agency on not exceeding their wage construction.
The Premier League champions are presently being linked with Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi, and so they may step up their curiosity quickly if the scenario with Konate stays unresolved.
