🚨 EXCL: Liverpool thought they were keeping Konate, but he held talks with bitter rivals
Konate looks set for Real Madrid, so how did we get here...?
Ibrahima Konate has a verbal agreement to join Real Madrid after what sources have described as a “crazy” transfer saga in the last few months.
At one point, Liverpool were highly confident of keeping Konate as contract talks seemed to be progressing well, but ultimately a full agreement could never be struck.
Real Madrid appeared to signal that they’d cooled their interest in Konate back in January, only to come back in strongly for him, while I can also reveal that the France international’s representatives fielded offers from other big clubs.
