Real Madrid started working on a bargain for Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate after he has already picked Trent Alexander-Arnold for free, claim reports.
Konate quickly approaches the last 12 months of his deal on Anfield and despite the progress that is made in conversations during an extension, he does not yet have to put a pen on paper.
This is said to have attracted the attention of the hierarchy of Real, who have been historically moving for players who no longer have a contract to prevent them from paying substantial transfer costs.
In recent years, this approach brought them Kylian Mbappe from Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea’s Antonio Rudiger and David Alaba from Bayern Munich after the big name trio allowed their deals to walk their respective clubs.
Konate has been offered new terms by Liverpool, but he does not seem close to signing the dotted line and continues to build speculation about his future.
According to MarkingThe directors of Liverpool are already afraid of a repeat of the nightmare scenario that another of their players could see for nothing.
Real Madrid started working to sign Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate on a free transfer

According to Marca, that is after real Trent has broken up Alexander-Arnold from Anfield

Arne Slot and Sporting Director Richard Hughes would fear a repeated nightmares scenario
Center Back Konate will be 27 at the end of next season and as he approaches his first years, both PSG and Real are credited with an interest.
He made 42 performances in all matches in front of the Arne Slot side last season, scored twice and helped them to win the Premier League title in style.
But despite the avid speculation that connects him with the Bernabeu, Konate seemed to confirm that he would at least stay with the Reds for next season.
He went to social media earlier this week and wrote a long -term message for supporters, whom he completed by explaining: “Next season we’ll go again!”
Speaking after the last game of the Reds of the season, Konate also called the rumors about his long -term contract negotiations as ‘completely fake’.
“You know, I only want to say one thing: everything you saw on social media is completely fake,” said Konate. “I didn’t even ask anything from the club. They made me an offer, and I answered them with something, that’s it.
‘The rest (speculation) that I want to wait until the end … I want this, everything is completely fake. And even the great journalists said in November that I am very close to signing the deal. I had something like: “Ah, they have more information than me?”
‘Because it wasn’t true at the time and that’s why I was a bit angry because it wasn’t true at the moment. I knew that at some point people would think that I did not want to sign the contract, but I was never close to signing. We will see what will happen. ‘

Konate is approaching the last 12 months of his deal and he still has to sign an extension

Real and President Florentino Perez have a history of securing bargain stops for superstars

Konate made 42 performances under lock and seemed to confirm that he will stay next season
Konate moved to Anfield from RB Leipzig in a bargain deal worth £ 36 million in 2021.
Marca has also reported that Real Arsenal is watching Left Myles Lewis-Skelly on a free transfer, as well as Valencia Youngster Crithian Mosquara.
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