Real Madrid expect Liverpool to contact them to offer Ibrahima Konate if they are unable to convince him to sign a new deal in the coming weeks.

Liverpool spent much of their 2024–25 Premier League -winning campaign with contract talks making the headlines. But while the Reds eventually locked down Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah, they bid farewell to Trent Alexander-Arnold, who joined Real Madrid.

Real Madrid are willing to pay only half the amount Arne Slot's team wants for the French defender, but it is better than losing him as a free agent next summer, the La Liga team pointed out