{"id":38751,"date":"2025-07-26T12:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T12:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/38751\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T12:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T12:51:08","slug":"arsenal-close-the-door-on-key-defenders-exit-amid-real-madrid-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/38751\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal close the door on key defender&#8217;s exit amid Real Madrid interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having made four signings in the ongoing transfer window, Real Madrid consider their squad for the next season to be pretty much complete. <\/p>\n<p>With Gonzalo Garcia and the four new signings \u2013 Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alvaro Carreras, Dean Huijsen, and Franco Mastantuono, the club has filled the 25-player squad limit allowed by La Liga. <\/p>\n<p>As such, the focus has shifted primarily towards offloading players, with names like Ferland Mendy on the exit list. <\/p>\n<p>However, the club is still keeping an eye on the market, with focus being on the possibility of adding another central defender. And Liverpool ace Ibrahima Konate remains on the agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Late offer not ruled out<\/p>\n<p>As such, According to L\u2019Equipe (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/as.com\/futbol\/primera\/konate-hasta-el-ultimo-minuto-n\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">AS<\/a>), Real Madrid may make a late offer for Konate before the transfer window closes, aiming to surprise Liverpool and force a decision.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rb-leipzig-v-liverpool-fc-uefa-champions-league-2024-25-league-phase-md3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"ibrahima konate\" class=\"wp-image-67568\"  \/>Will Konate join Real Madrid this summer? (Photo by Maja Hitij\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old Liverpool centre-back is under contract until 2026 and has yet to renew. If the Premier League champions do not sell this summer, they risk losing him for free next year. <\/p>\n<p>Liverpool are highly alert to this situation, especially after the Trent Alexander-Arnold case. The Reds are determined not to repeat the same mistake.<\/p>\n<p>As such, <a href=\"https:\/\/madriduniversal.com\/premier-league-giants-pushing-hard-to-secure-defenders-renewal-to-stop-real-madrid-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">a big contract offer for Konate is in the works<\/a>, but in case there is no agreement, a departure remains on the table. And, Real Madrid are not ruling out the possibility of making a late offer for the French international.<\/p>\n<p>In that scenario, though, Liverpool will not sell the player for less than \u20ac50 million. Real Madrid, on the other hand, are <a href=\"https:\/\/madriduniversal.com\/real-madrid-willing-to-pay-only-e20-25-million-for-liverpool-contract-rebel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">not willing to offer more than \u20ac20-25 million<\/a>. And a bid in the same region late in the window might force the English champions to reconsider their stance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Having made four signings in the ongoing transfer window, Real Madrid consider their squad for the next season&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[463,4898,31643,403,99,28234],"class_list":["post-38751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-arsenal","tag-real-madrid","tag-real-madrid-news","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-william-saliba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}