Ibrahima Konate has confirmed that he has been provided a brand new Liverpool contract, however wouldn’t supply any perception into whether or not he’s near signing it.
The Frenchman’s present deal on the membership expires in 2026 and as a key pillar in defence, tying him down to a different long-term deal is one in every of many priorities for the membership.
Stories in France over the past yr claimed Liverpool had opened talks over a brand new contract, one in every of many Richard Hughes and Co. should type with 15 expiring between this summer season and 2027.
Everyone knows the stand-off continues for Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Konate was the newest to be quizzed on his future when he fronted reporters on Monday afternoon.
Requested if he had been provided a deal, Konate replied: “Yeah.” The follow-up was then if he’s near signing it, he then replied: “That’s one other dialog!”
It got here after he was initially posed the query of if he’s near placing pen to paper on a brand new deal, to which he mentioned: “Who talked about that a couple of months in the past?
“The membership didn’t say something, I didn’t say something. It’s one person who mentioned that.
“I didn’t know, after I spoke with the membership however I believe I’m actually centered on what occurs now. We are going to see what is going to occur.”
The 25-year-old is likely one of the first names on the crew sheet when he’s match and accessible, which has not at all times been the case all through his Liverpool profession with 112 appearances from a attainable 205 since becoming a member of in 2021/22.
It must be no shock, nevertheless, that Liverpool are wanting to tie the No. 5 right down to a contract past 2026 having proven his world-class potential when readily within the aspect.
Fabrizio Romano is probably going the “one particular person” Konate was referring to as he reported in December that talks had been ongoing and that the membership had been “assured” in reaching a last settlement.
Let’s hope that continues to be the case as none of us need to be drawn into extra hypothesis about key gamers as we’ve sufficient on our plate with Salah, Van Dijk and Alexander-Arnold.