“Final” offer made as journalist delivers major Liverpool update

Liverpool have reportedly made their “final” offer to Ibrahima Konate as they look to tie him down to a new contract at Anfield.

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There has been plenty of speculation about Konate’s future over the last few months, with the France international’s current deal due to expire at the end of this season.

Fabrizio Romano has reported for CaughtOffside about talks continuing between Liverpool and Konate’s camp, and now there’s been another update on the saga.

According to a team of five elite journalists on X, the Reds have now made their final contract offer to Konate, so we could be nearing a crucial stage in this story.

Will Ibrahima Konate accept Liverpool’s offer?

Konate has certainly left it late, but it perhaps seems that LFC have a bit more hope of keeping the 26-year-old than they did a few months ago.

Romano told us that Konate is open to staying with Liverpool, while it’s also a boost for the Merseyside giants that Real Madrid seem to have cooled their interest.

Still, agreeing terms with Konate has clearly been challenging, with the former RB Leipzig man perhaps keen to be on a much higher salary than he’s currently earning.

At times, Konate has been a hugely important player for Liverpool, so perhaps that’s fair enough, but he’s also suffered a dip in form for a lot of this campaign.

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Liverpool need to make changes in defence

Keeping Konate is undoubtedly important for Liverpool, but they also surely need a signing or two at the back this summer anyway.

Virgil van Dijk is clearly no longer the same player, and he’ll be 35 by the time next season starts.

Konate will have a role to play in replacing the Dutchman, but Arne Slot also surely needs someone else to come in as soon as possible to ensure he can rotate his backline a bit more next term.

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