{"id":5609,"date":"2025-07-13T01:54:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T01:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/5609\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T01:54:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T01:54:04","slug":"liverpool-drop-positive-update-on-major-real-madrid-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/5609\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool drop positive update on major Real Madrid target"},"content":{"rendered":"

Real Madrid could take a decisive step in their push for a new centre back this summer on the back of a damaging FIFA Club World Cup exit.<\/p>\n

Los Blancos were dumped out of the competition at the semi final stage following a brutal 4-0 loss to UEFA Champions League winners PSG.<\/p>\n

Xabi Alonso\u2019s charges were overpowered in New Jersey and defensive Raul Asencio and Antonio Rudiger were culpable for the first two goals.<\/a><\/p>\n

PSG were 2-0 up inside the first ten minutes as Asencio\u2019s rawness was again exposed and Rudiger was unable to recover from an error which allowed Ousmane Dembele to score.<\/p>\n

The club are growing concerned over Rudiger\u2019s ability to continue at the highest level and another defender could be brought in.<\/p>\n

Dean Huijsen\u2019s positive start to life at the club is a boost, but alongside Trent Alexander- Arnold \u2013 and potentially Alvaro Carreras \u2013 Real Madrid could have a new back four next season.<\/p>\n

Eder Militao is getting closer to full fitness but Real Madrid are still firmly on the trail of Liverpool star Ibrahima Konate.<\/a><\/p>\n

Ibrahima Konate to Real Madrid transfer latest<\/p>\n

Konate has been locked in contract talks at Anfield since the start of 2025, with his current deal expiring at the end of the 2025\/26 campaign, and the club hierarchy want a resolution before the new season starts in mid-August.<\/p>\n

\"KonateImage via the Daily Mirror<\/p>\n

Liverpool are determined to avoid a situation where Konate leaves for free in 2026 on the back of the contract chaos that surrounded Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Konate is opening to staying, but the France international is requesting improved terms to what has been proposed, and Liverpool could walk away.<\/p>\n

All parties are open to a sale this summer, and reports from Marca<\/a> claim Liverpool have now accepted Konate will leave, with Real Madrid the only club he is interested in joining.<\/p>\n

Konate could cost Real Madrid around \u00a335m due to his contract stand off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid could take a decisive step in their push for a new centre back this summer on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-5609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5609","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=5609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}