Real Madrid make first contact over deal for Premier League star | OneFootball

The brass at La Liga giants Real Madrid have touched base with their counterparts at Liverpool, over the terms of a possible deal for Ibrahima Konaté.

That’s according to L’Equipe, who have on Sunday provided an insight into the situation.

The name of stopper Konaté has of course returned to the headlines in Spain’s capital in a major way over the last couple of weeks.

This comes amid the understanding that, after making the call not to extend his contract with Liverpool ahead of its expiration in 12 months’ time, the France international could well be on the move this summer.

Eager not to lose a player of such value for free, the board at Anfield are now giving real consideration to sanctioning Konaté’s sale over the weeks ahead.

And with both this, and the fact that the 26-year-old is keen on a move to the Santiago Bernabéu, in mind, Real Madrid this week stepped up their pursuit.

As per L’Equipe, Los Blancos have made first contact with the Liverpool hierarchy.

This came with a view to gathering information on the kind of fee which would be required to convince them of a deal for Konaté.

It now remains to be seen whether the response was considered a reasonable one by Florentino Pérez and co.

Conor Laird – GSFN