Konaté, in the sights of Barça and Madrid: Who will move first?

Real Madrid seemed to be the only team from Spain interested in acquiring the services of Ibrahima Konaté. However, the defender is also attracting the attention of the sports management of FC Barcelona.

The 26-year-old Frenchman's contract expires in the summer of 2026 and his future would be far from Liverpool. Therefore, the player wants to know as soon as possible what his new club will be.

However, the Anfield Road team is not willing to let Konaté leave easily. In this sense, they have already proposed a renewal to try to convince him and retain him, but so far they have not received any response.

However, the battle for his services is intensifying, as, in addition to the interest from Real Madrid and Barça, Bayern Munich has also joined in, which makes his continuity in England an increasingly complex challenge for the 'Reds', according to recent information.

Ibrahima Konaté, a great option for Barça, but...

Although at Barça they see Konaté as a defender with great potential, the Azulgrana team would not be willing to pay the 50 million euros that Liverpool demands to allow the '5' to leave.

In addition to this, Barcelona currently has Pau Cubarsí, Íñigo Martínez, Ronald Araujo, Eric García and Andreas Christensen for the defensive area. The name of Jules Koundé could also be added, who, although he plays as a right back, is naturally a defender.

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In this scenario, Barcelona would be trying to let go of one of the defenders and the chosen one to leave the Catalan institution seems to be Christensen, who is attracting interest precisely at Liverpool if Ibrahima leaves.

However, the Danish player, for now, would not want to leave and intends to fulfill his entire contract (until 2026) as a Barça player, so the Catalan team has more than enough players for the defensive area and would not go for the player during this summer market.

Real Madrid pushes for Konaté

In this context, the 'Casa Blanca' would have an advantage to undertake the incorporation of the '5' from the 'Reds', since, despite the fact that Bayern would also be interested in the player, for the moment they have not made any moves for the center back.

That is why Real Madrid is considering two options to sign Konaté. The first would be to wait for the Frenchman to finish his contract with Liverpool and end up arriving as a free agent. This way they would save the payment of a transfer and would only have to negotiate with the player.

The second alternative, more immediate, involves negotiating his transfer this summer, although the 'White' club is not willing to exceed 25 million euros. A figure that is considerably far from the 50 'kilos' that the English team demands to let the player leave.

Likewise, it has already been commented that the defender is attracted to the idea of becoming a Madrid player. And in principle, he would arrive with the possibility of being a starter after the bad season of Antonio Rüdiger and Raúl Asencio in the defensive back of the 'Whites'.

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