Liverpool centre-back Ibrahima Konate has performed little to dampen the growing hypothesis over his future by admitting huge membership curiosity is “very flattering”.
The 25-year-old’s long-term future at Anfield has been referred to as into query after he admitted in a January press convention, previous to the Champions League conflict with Lille, that he’d been introduced with a brand new contract supply however had but to signal it.
Paris Saint-Germain and Actual Madrid have each been credited with an curiosity in signing Konate, who has beforehand expressed an curiosity in taking part in for the previous as he was born in Paris, and there is seemingly been no motion – publicly reported not less than – on the proposed signing of his new deal.
Liverpool are having fun with an ideal season beneath Arne Slot, with Konate key to the membership’s success to this point, and are 4 factors away from Arsenal within the race for the Premier League title having topped the revamped 32-team Champions League first part desk.
However in an interview with French community Telefoot, in quotes relayed by Get Soccer Information France, Konate, who’s out of contract in the summertime of 2026, has once more spoken favourably of being within the switch headlines.
“To listen to huge golf equipment like which can be exhibiting curiosity in me could be very flattering!,” Konate mentioned. “Now I’m focussing on this season, giving it my all and I’ll let my brokers deal with the remainder.”
Konate’s standing at Liverpool, and negotiating energy, has elevated over time with a brand new contract for centre-back accomplice Virgil van Dijk but to be finalised. The Dutchman, regarded by many to be one of the best central defender on the planet, will turn into a free agent in the summertime except the Reds are capable of negotiate an extension.
Their incapacity to take action far solely heightens Konate’s significance, as does the continuing harm issues of Joe Gomez. Jarell Quansah is Liverpool’s solely different senior centre-back, however he stays comparatively inexperienced on the highest degree and is but to be trusted to play within the huge video games that Konate typically excels in.
PSG, for what its price, have been in nice kind beneath Luis Enrique this season, whereas Actual Madrid are searching for centre-back options amid an harm disaster that has sidelined Antonio Rudiger, Eder Militao and David Alaba.
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