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Liverpool supporters have had just about enough of long, protracted contract negotiations involving their star players.

After the constant will-they-won’t-they over Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold last season, fans have had their fill of the drama.

Nevertheless, Liverpool have put themselves into a position where another of their key men is entering the final year of his contract next month.

Come Tuesday, Ibrahima Konate will have just 364 days left to run on his current Liverpool deal.

Konate has been linked with Real Madrid as well as hometown club Paris Saint Germain, as fans grow wary of another big name player leaving on a free.

There is still time to ensure Konate stays beyond the terms of his current deal and signs an extension to stay at Anfield.

But as journalist Graeme Bailey has exclusively revealed to Rousing The Kop, it is currently not looking too good.

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Following Alexander-Arnold’s defection to Real Madrid, football supporters around the world have grown wise to the Spanish club’s tactics.

However, knowing what Los Blancos are doing and stopping it are two completely different things.

PlayerYear JoinedYear LeftFee Signed ForLeft Liverpool ForAge When LeavingEmre Can20142018£10mJuventus24Daniel Sturridge20132019£12mTrabzonspor29Adam Lallana20142020£25mBrighton32Gini Wijnaldum20162021£25mPSG30Divock Origi20152022£10mAC Milan27Naby Keita20182023£48mWerder Bremen28Roberto Firmino20152023£29mAl Ahli31Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain20172023£35mBesiktas29Trent Alexander-ArnoldAcademy2025N/AReal Madrid26Selected Liverpool free transfer exits since 2018

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And according to Bailey, while Konate may not end up joining Real, he is likely to have been keeping careful watch of what happened with Alexander-Arnold.

Unfortunately for Liverpool fans, Bailey admits to having a ‘gut feeling’ that Konate is going to go.

“There’s a deal to be done but my gut feeling is that Liverpool might lose him on a free,” he says.

“That’s just my gut feeling.”

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“Not necessarily to Real Madrid, it might be Bayern Munich, it might be PSG.

“Guehi himself won’t be rushed into anything, he knows he’s in a very strong position and for Liverpool getting him on a free has always been a possibility.

There’s a host of clubs looking at him, Liverpool like him an awful lot but I think it’d be a tough sell for Liverpool and the player to get him this summer.”