Overview

• Ibrahima Konaté enters the final year of his Liverpool contract after rejecting the club’s extension proposal earlier this summer.
• Real Madrid reportedly blocked a €25 million bid for Konaté and asked him not to renew his deal in exchange for formalizing a free transfer offer next January.
• The centre-back is said to be eager to join Real Madrid, with sources describing his strong attraction to the Spanish capital’s project.
• Paris Saint-Germain and FC Barcelona have also expressed interest in securing his signature on a free transfer, but Bayern Munich’s pursuit is regarded as unlikely this window.
• Liverpool face the prospect of losing another key defender on a free transfer after Trent Alexander-Arnold’s exit, increasing urgency to reinforce their backline.