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A apical Premier League broadside are considering selling a cardinal subordinate this summertime to forestall him leaving to articulation Real Madrid for escaped adjacent year.
After implicit a twelvemonth of rumours, erstwhile Liverpool prima Trent Alexander-Arnold controversially left his boyhood nine to articulation La Liga giants Real Madrid astatine the extremity of the 2024/25 season.
In bid to unafraid his services up of the Club World Cup, Real Madrid paid a £10million interest for the defender, contempt him agreeing to articulation arsenic a escaped cause aft his Liverpool declaration expired astatine the extremity of June.
Since securing a highly-profitable woody for Alexander-Arnold, it has been reported that Real Madrid volition present marque signing players who are disposable arsenic escaped agents their transportation argumentation going forward.
In doing so, the Spanish broadside person enactment clubs crossed the satellite connected notice, with galore of them considering selling cardinal players this summertime to debar losing them for escaped if Madrid travel knocking adjacent year.
Trent Alexander-Arnold joined Real Madrid successful June. (Image: Getty)
Of course, aft going done the full saga surrounding Alexander-Arnold's future, nary nine would beryllium much frustrated to suffer a subordinate to Real Madrid arsenic a escaped cause than Liverpool.
But it appears this could beryllium a existent possibility, arsenic a study from Spanish outlet Marca has revealed that Ibrahima Konate is keen to travel his erstwhile teammate to Madrid adjacent summer.
However, Liverpool are said to beryllium good alert of this and they are adamant that it volition not happen, meaning that they would beryllium unfastened to selling their cardinal defender this summertime should helium neglect to hold to a caller contract.
The study claims that Konate has told Liverpool that helium would beryllium consenting to permission the nine this summer, but lone if his imaginable destination is Real Madrid.
Ibrahima Konate has made 132 appearances for Liverpool. (Image: Getty)
Although it would stay Liverpool's penchant to necktie Konate down to a caller woody up of it expiring successful June adjacent year, the information that the Frenchman has reportedly turned down 2 proposals suggests that helium has his bosom acceptable connected a determination to the Bernabeu.
If Liverpool are to merchantability Konate this summer, past it appears that Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi would beryllium their preferred replacement, with respective reports linking the Reds with the England international.
