Liverpool is expected to demand a major transfer Real Madrid’s fee for the Konbrahima Country of Center, who could prove to be unaffordable.
Madrid suffered with a lack of defensive depth this season, and Eder Militao has been impossible with another ACL injury, David Alaba has continued to have fitness problems since he returned from his own ACL ability, and even Antonio Rower, not completely bulletproof.
Raul Ascio was promoted from the B team to cover the defect, but there are doubts about its long-term suitability and how long Alaba takes.
Madrid wanted Leny Yoro this summer with a free transfer, but Manchester United offered Lille a considerable fee last summer. RB Leipzig’s Castello Lukeba was associated, as did Virgil van Dijk at the other end of the spectrum before his new Liverpool contract.
Konate is another connected to a Bernabeu switch and Paris Saint-Germain. But Marca writes that Liverpool does not allow the French to become cheap, even if only one year has his contract.
The specified price is € 100 million (£ 84 million), which for Madrid is considered too much to pay.
Instead, the Spanish giants hope to continue to take advantage of the Free Agent market, as it did with Kylian Mbappe in 2024, and are now dealing with Alexander-Arnold.
For Liverpool it would be a big blow to lose another important defender in a free transfer, especially in which you invested money to sign, in contrast to Alexander-Arnold.
Recently it was announced that Konate demands a significant increase in wages in his negotiations on a new contract with Liverpool, which is also assumed that he is on the market for a new central defender this summer. The Dean Huijsen von Bournemouth is one of several players.