{"id":629155,"date":"2026-06-09T12:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/629155\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T12:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:17:08","slug":"transfer-news-live-romero-to-man-utd-truth-rashfords-bayern-message-arsenal-enquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/629155\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer news LIVE: Romero to Man Utd truth, Rashford&#8217;s Bayern message, Arsenal enquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ibrahima Konate is set to be confirmed as a Real Madrid player, but things could have played out very differently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Firstly, a new contract could have been agreed between him and Liverpool. He could have also stayed in the Premier League with <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7341538\/2026\/06\/09\/arsenal-manchester-united-transfer-latest-dealsheet-liverpool-real-madrid-analysis\/?source=emp_shared_article&amp;unlocked_article_code=1.o1A.A0Qy.YJ_86uJMVr4C\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">The Athletic<\/a> stating that Chelsea made a basic check on Konate&#8217;s availability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Blues are in need of defensive reinforcements, particularly players with experience, which would have made Konate the perfect addition. However, he will instead be joining Xabi Alonso&#8217;s former club.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ibrahima Konate\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0_GettyImages-2276434575.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Ibrahima Konate is set to join Real Madrid\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Ibrahima Konate is set to join Real Madrid(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ibrahima Konate is set to be confirmed as a Real Madrid player, but things could have played out&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1766,8786,59,1441,1465,296,1428,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-629155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-bayern-munich","tag-cristian-romero","tag-gb","tag-manchester-united-fc","tag-manchester-united-transfer-news","tag-marc-cucurella","tag-marcus-rashford","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629155","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=629155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}