Talks with the Frenchman are understood to be in a more advanced stage than the Hungarian international.<\/p>\n
Liverpool extending Konate and Szoboszlai is critical<\/p>\n
Romano jumped on X (formerly Twitter) in the early hours of Tuesday morning to confirm that the Reds are \u2018confident\u2019 they\u2019ll secure Konate on improved terms. Likewise, talks with Szoboszlai remain ongoing<\/a>.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8 Liverpool remain confident to complete new deal agreement with Konat\u00e9 soon as talks are very advanced.<\/p>\n Negotiations with Dominik Szoboszlai are still ongoing at this stage, deal on. \ud83d\udd1b\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddfa<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5\u2795 https:\/\/t.co\/f0aD32GX0C<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/6cnNEKknON<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) April 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Want more Empire of the Kop coverage? Add us as a\u00a0preferred source on Google<\/a>\u00a0to your favourites list for news you can trust<\/p>\n While these two deals may not\u00a0seem as critical as the need for the club to bolster the forward line this summer, it\u2019s worth noting that securing both contracts would provide a great deal of reassurance.<\/p>\n With Jeremy Jacquet set to arrive this summer and Giovanni Leoni expected to return to team training around the end of April, Liverpool would have a full complement of centre-backs \u2013 assuming Konate stays put<\/a>.<\/p>\n Likewise, while Szoboszlai isn\u2019t necessarily in imminent danger of an exit, a fresh contract would represent a significant barrier to any interested club trying their luck this summer.<\/p>\n With reports indicating that Alexis Mac Allister could be off at the end of the season \u2013 coupled with the loss of experienced heads in Mo Salah and Andy Robertson \u2013 we can ill afford further key losses.<\/p>\n Liverpool don\u2019t need extra spots to fill this summer<\/p>\n Put simply, Liverpool can\u2019t afford to be wasting funds on replacing both Ibrahima Konate and Dominik Szoboszlai.<\/p>\n Arne Slot has already admitted that we may very well need to adopt a sell-to-buy policy this summer.<\/p>\n But adding further crucial positions beyond two wingers (and arguably a versatile centre-forward), a central midfielder, and, potentially, even a right-back, would complicate matters.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a challenging task as it is \u2013 even more so, given Richard Hughes and Co. won\u2019t be armed with the same budget they had last summer.<\/p>\n
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