What's Ibrahima Konate's more than likely vacation spot this summer season?

[ad_1] Liverpool are battling arduous to persuade Ibrahima Konate to agree a brand new contract with the membership, though the final 12 months have advised that his future may properly lie away from the Reds.

As soon as a participant enters the final yr of their deal, it is extremely possible that they're going to go away as a free agent.

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Trent Alexander-Arnold took that path final season, and the Frenchman may simply comply with go well with - the truth is, it is being reported that Konate's most popular transfer is to hitch him at Actual Madrid, if he's to depart.

Nonetheless, the Spanish membership seem to have withdrawn their curiosity in him lately, preferring to focus on Dayot Upamecano as an alternative. So the place are we left with potential suitors for him?

PSG, Bayern Munich or elsewhere? As talked about earlier, it is solely proper to reiterate that Liverpool nonetheless intend to maintain Konate. Negotiations are happening behind the scenes along with his brokers to try to discover a compromise so he does not go away.

The 26-year-old is a improbable centre-back companion for Virgil Van Dijk and he'd be an enormous loss for the membership to fill in the summertime if he decides to take a look at pastures new. He price simply £35m 4 years in the past, and but it is virtually assured that it will price a hell of much more to signal somebody even near his degree.

However the Reds know the dangers concerned in contract negotiations, and the choice was take to not think about provides for him final summer season, so it is now a case of renewing his deal or dropping him totally free.

Actual Madrid's curiosity seems to be lifeless and buried now, though that would quickly change. Arne Slot's tactical undoing of the La Liga leaders on Tuesday might need brought about a tiny little bit of headloss.

Nonetheless, one of many updates from the midweek spree included the notion that Marc Guehi has given his phrase to Liverpool, which actually feels optimistic given the uncertainty round Konate.

However the Frenchman has a whole lot of different continental suitors to contemplate they usually nonetheless pose a excessive threat.

Anfield Watch solely reported earlier this yr that Paris Saint Germain have been scorching on his tail, trying to repatriate him in his dwelling metropolis and providing him the membership captain function as a way to do it.

The Qatari-backed membership might need better scope to indulge the Frenchman in his £200,000 per week wage calls for and he would nonetheless be repeatedly competing for league titles and the Champions League.

Although we've not heard very a lot from PSG lately in regard to Konate, they should not be counted out of the operating. In spite of everything, he would not require a switch payment, so he'd possible be thought-about.

After which now we have Bayern Munich, who would wish a substitute for Upamecano if Actual Madrid obtained their means, and assuming that he does not prolong his stick with the German giants. Konate performed for RB Leipzig within the Bundesliga earlier than he turn out to be a Crimson, so he may get a homecoming in Germany.

That transfer would require Vincent Kompany's facet to take a look at Konate earlier than Guehi - if the Frenchman does not re-sign with Liverpool, and the transfer would not compromise a possible switch for Dortmund goal Nico Schlotterbeck. To say that it is a difficult spiral is a critical understatement.

Ideally, the Reds will be capable of preserve Konate, signal Guehi and probably convey one other centre-back in as a long-term substitute for Joe Gomez or Van Dijk; all the things that is impacted by these strikes is not for Liverpool to concern themselves with. However there's rather a lot to be determined so that may occur.