Liverpool have "reached broad agreement", financial package agreed and only minor details remain

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Reports indicate that Liverpool have finally reached an agreement with Ibrahima Konate on a new contract. TEAMtalk claim that “Konate’s camp has reached broad agreement on a new long-term contract at Anfield.” The French defender is out of contract on 30 June 2026 so any late contract agreement will truly be arriving at the 11th hour, and will greatly simplify the Reds’ summer transfer plans.

Their report reads: “Ibrahima Konaté has been in talks with Liverpool for 18 months, with no agreement yet after an initial offer was deemed too low. “Liverpool and Konaté have never been CLOSER to reaching an agreement, although details still need to be finalised.

Real Madrid are among admirers, but the expectation is that Konaté stays and wants his future resolved within the next few weeks ahead of the FIFA World Cup.” [?] NEW: Ibrahima Konaté has been in talks with Liverpool for 18 months, with no agreement yet after an initial offer was deemed too low. The most likely outcome is that the defender signs a new deal, with his current contract set to… pic.twitter.com/mI7jArHxtf — Anfield Sector (@AnfieldSector) April 6, 2026 Liverpool need to get this deal done: Konate is still one of the best centre-backs in Europe While there is no doubt that the 2025-26 season has been his worst since Konate joined Liverpool from RB Leipzig in a £31m deal in 2021, he is not the only player to have heavily regressed under Arne Slot.