Whereas the contract scenario round Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold is now well-publicised, Liverpool may have one other problem.
With Salah, Van Dijk and Alexander-Arnold all into the ultimate 12 months of their offers, it has rightly turn out to be an ongoing concern for the media.
Liverpool are anticipated to carry talks with all three gamers over extending their phrases, although Alexander-Arnold’s newest feedback counsel he’s the extra more likely to take into account choices elsewhere.
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The hope is that the membership will agree new phrases with the trio earlier than the tip of the marketing campaign, as Arne Slot can ailing afford to lose any of them.
However there may be one other looming risk in relation to Ibrahima Konate, who’s one in every of 4 gamers whose contracts run out in 2026.
Andy Robertson can be tied down for 2 extra seasons together with Caoimhin Kelleher and Nat Phillips, although it’s already broadly accepted that the latter pair will transfer on.
Konate, who can have solely simply turned 27 when his present phrases expire, has been highlighted as a priority that’s “not spoken about sufficient” by Liverpool journalist David Lynch.
“It’s not spoken about sufficient actually that he’s inside two years now,” he advised Anfield Agenda.
“That actually must get sorted.”
He defined: “[When it] will get to 2 years, issues begin to get just a little bit extra shaky then by way of what curiosity you possibly can fend off, whether or not the participant begins to search for extra money elsewhere.
“It does put you in a difficult place actually, so it’s one thing Liverpool should regulate [with players].”
Talks are reportedly underway
There have been earlier studies of Liverpool opening talks with Konate’s agent, however these had been claimed to have begun final December and the most up-to-date replace got here in Could.
Whether or not there was any progress in these negotiations is unclear, with L’Equipe reporting 4 months in the past that the membership had been “assured” over an extension however that Konate was “seen as a possibility for a lot of European golf equipment.”
Paris Saint-Germain, Konate’s hometown membership, have been recurrently linked with a transfer, with the participant admitting that he may see himself taking part in for them sooner or later.
Given his wonderful begin to the season beneath new head coach Arne Slot it needs to be a precedence for Liverpool to retain the providers of their No. 5.
With the switch window now closed, sporting director Richard Hughes can look to push ahead with such issues, as making certain the dedication of Slot’s current squad is arguably much more essential than including to it.
