Revealed: Two more clubs join race to sign Liverpool contract rebel with £40m asking price

Liverpool centre-back Ibrahima Konate is continuing to attract strong interest from Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain, as previously reported by CaughtOffside.

Now, however, it is also understood that Barcelona and Bayern Munich have also joined the race for Konate’s signature as he still hasn’t agreed a new contract at Anfield.

After consulting well-placed sources in the industry, CaughtOffside have been told that Konate is still no closer to an agreement with Liverpool over a new deal.

Our information remains that the Reds have set an asking price of £40m for Konate this summer, in a bid to avoid losing him on a free in a year’s time.

However, that fee currently looks too high for interested clubs, meaning everything remains at something of a standstill for the moment.

What next for Liverpool contract rebel Ibrahima Konate?

Liverpool ended up losing Trent Alexander-Arnold to Real Madrid this summer, having failed to tie the England right-back down to a new contract.

They won’t want to end up suffering the same fate with Konate, but CaughtOffside understands that there is simply no current indication of a positive breakthrough in negotiations.

This puts LFC in a difficult position and one imagines clubs like Real, PSG, Bayern and Barca will feel confident in waiting it out rather than simply paying £40m for the France international now.

What’s a fair price for Konate?

We were previously told that Madrid could be tempted to pay something in the region of £25m to sign Konate early, but there have not yet been any formal talks or offers made.

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It will be interesting to see if the interest of clubs like Barcelona and Bayern puts pressure on Real to move a bit quicker.

Liverpool won’t want to lose a key player like Konate for so cheap, and they may even calculate that it’s better for them to simply hold on to him for the final year of his contract.