Ibrahima Konaté Close To Agreeing New Contract And Extending Liverpool Stay

Ibrahima Konaté has said he is adjacent to agreeing a caller statement pinch Liverpool, having informed nan nine he wanted to enactment during negotiations past year.

The France international’s woody expires this summertime and, pinch talks complete an hold dragging connected for complete 12 months, Liverpool person been astatine consequence of losing different plus connected a free transportation alongside Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson.

Konaté has attempted to allay those concerns, however, and claimed he is adjacent to extending his successful five-year Anfield career. Speaking aft Liverpool’s melodramatic late triumph successful nan Merseyside derby, nan defender said: “My future? There are galore things group person said but for a agelong clip we person spoken pinch nan nine and we are adjacent to an agreement. I deliberation everyone wished for that for arsenic agelong arsenic imaginable but we are successful a bully way.

“There is simply a large chance I’m present adjacent season. This is what I ever wanted. I’m waiting to benignant nan statement but erstwhile everything is sorted you will person to inquire Richard [Hughes, Liverpool’s sporting director] what I said to him successful September, November and he’s going to opportunity thing to make everyone quiet.”

Konaté insisted he had nary concerns complete nan clip it has taken to benignant a caller contract. “This is negotiation,” he said. “With Virgil [van Dijk] and Mo [Salah] past play it was precisely nan same. I deliberation they signed nan statement successful April and this is possibly really nan nine want it.”

The 26-year-old has endured a difficult play disconnected and connected nan pitch, successful keeping pinch nan remainder of nan Liverpool team, pinch losing his begetter successful January and his shape inconsistent. Konaté returned early from compassionate time off to thief Liverpool retired of a protect shortage against Newcastle and scored his first Premier League extremity astatine Anfield successful nan 4-1 win.

Konaté said: “It was a reliable twelvemonth because galore things happened and I deliberation if everyone knew precisely what happened to maine they could understand galore things, which benignant of sacrifices I’ve done for this club. I deliberation it is awesome and 1 time I will return nan clip to deliberation astir it.

“Right now I americium focused connected nan extremity of nan play and making judge we are qualified for nan Champions League adjacent season. After, we return nan clip to talk astir this play because it’s going to beryllium a large portion of my story. It’s sad successful 1 part, but it’s very bully for my communicative erstwhile I explicate that to my early kids and nan group who support this club.”