Ibrahima Konaté poised to leave Liverpool after failing to agree new contract | Liverpool

Ibrahima Konaté appears to be like set to depart Liverpool after failing to agree a contract extension. The 27-year-old’s representatives have been in intensive talks with the membership about extending his five-year keep at Anfield however it now appears to be like sure that the France defender will go away at no cost.

If Konaté walks away from Liverpool out of contract, it is going to be the second consecutive yr – after Trent Alexander-Arnold ran down his deal earlier than a £10m transfer to Actual Madrid – that the membership may have misplaced one among their first-choice defenders with out receiving a major charge.

Konaté has had a disappointing season however shedding a longtime centre-back will come as a blow for the sporting director, Richard Hughes, with the brand new defensive recruits Jérémy Jacquet and Giovanni Leoni each working their method again to health after important accidents and switch hypothesis swirling over the way forward for Joe Gomez.

With Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson additionally leaving, Konaté’s departure would imply one other mainstay of the Jürgen Klopp period departing. The Paris-born participant is now prone to be courted by Paris Saint-Germain, though Chelsea and Actual Madrid have additionally been linked with a transfer and Bayern Munich retain an curiosity.

In April the defender hinted he wish to keep at Anfield when he opened up concerning the contract negotiations. He mentioned: “My future? There are lots of issues folks have mentioned however for a very long time we’ve got spoken with the membership and we’re near an settlement. I feel everybody wished for that for so long as potential however we’re in a great way.

“There’s a huge likelihood I’m right here subsequent season. That is what I all the time needed. I’m ready to type the contract however when every little thing is sorted you’ll have to ask Richard [Hughes] what I mentioned to him in September, November and he’s going to say one thing to make everybody quiet.”