Sources: “Generous” Liverpool offer made as player’s “priority” explained

Liverpool are understood to have made a generous new contract offer to Ibrahima Konate as they bid to keep him from leaving for Real Madrid.

As reported for the Daily Briefing, the France international is yet to respond to Liverpool’s latest offer, with a decision expected in the coming weeks.

However, there is perhaps the sense that Real Madrid is Konate’s priority, so that could be one to watch if he ultimately decides not to renew with the Reds.

As I wrote in my original report, sources I’ve spoken to gave me the following details:

Having lost Trent Alexander-Arnold in the summer after a lengthy contract saga, it would be far from ideal if LFC also ended up losing Konate just a year later.

The 26-year-old has been a solid performer alongside Virgil van Dijk at Anfield, but it looks like the excellent Marc Guehi would be in line to replace him.

It remains to be seen if Guehi can prove to be as good as Konate has been, but from what we’ve seen from him at Crystal Palace that seems like a fairly safe bet.

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