{"id":256795,"date":"2025-11-11T12:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/256795\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T12:48:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T12:48:10","slug":"liverpool-confident-after-new-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/256795\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool \u2018Confident\u2019 After New Offer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sources in France are expecting Ibrahima Konate<\/a> to sign a new contract with Liverpool following a new offer, despite ongoing interest from Real Madrid<\/a> over a free transfer.<\/p>\n

Konate did not enjoy the most positive of evenings as Liverpool lost 3-0 at Man City<\/a> last time out, but the Frenchman remains a key player moving forward.<\/p>\n

It has made his expiring contract a priority for the club after landing new deals for Virgil van Dijk<\/a> and Mohamed Salah<\/a> as well as spending close to \u00a3450 million on new signings.<\/p>\n

But with an agreement yet to be reached and Real Madrid<\/a>, Bayern Munich<\/a> and Paris Saint-Germain all linked, there has been a growing acceptance that Konate will in fact leave.<\/p>\n

However, L\u2019Equipe<\/a> now report that a new offer was made to the centre-back\u2019s representatives in the last few days and the Premier League<\/a> champions are \u201cconfident\u201d of a renewal.<\/p>\n

Liverpool\u2019s decision-makers are doing \u201cwhat is necessary\u201d to tie their No. 5 down for the long term, as was the case with Van Dijk and Salah last season.<\/p>\n

Konate\u2019s current salary \u2013 more than was claimed!<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

That will likely include a substantial wage increase, though claims Konate is currently earning around \u00a370,000 a week have been quashed.<\/p>\n

The Athletic\u2019s David Ornstein told NBC Sports<\/a> last month that his salary was \u201cmore than double that,\u201d suggesting around \u00a3150,000 a week.<\/p>\n

Of course that could make negotiations more delicate, with Konate likely to be pushing close to the highest bracket in terms of pay if he signs a new contract, but it can be argued that this would be logical.<\/p>\n

Despite misgivings over the 26-year-old\u2019s form this season he is undoubtedly part of the core of the squad and if he commits his future could remain so during a difficult transition to come.<\/p>\n

Konate could be a future leader<\/p>\n

\"NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE,<\/p>\n

Van Dijk will turn 35 next summer, by which point he will have a year left on the deal he signed in April, and there is a need for succession planning despite his world-class status.<\/p>\n

That would not only require a replacement in his role as left-sided centre-back, but also, in the long term, as one of the leaders of the squad.<\/p>\n

Konate may not currently be viewed as part of Liverpool\u2019s established leadership group, but is considered to play an important role off the pitch as well as on it.<\/p>\n

Hugo Ekitike<\/a> recently referenced his countryman\u2019s role in helping him settle at the club, while Jarell Quansah<\/a> is among those to have benefited from his support in recent years too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sources in France are expecting Ibrahima Konate to sign a new contract with Liverpool following a new offer,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,2232,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-256795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-ibrahima-konate","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}