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While Liverpool had no intention of selling Ibrahima Konate or Luis Diaz at the start of the transfer window, interest from elsewhere may yet test that stance, with a knock-on effect on further incoming plans.

One way or another, Liverpool is likely to end up in discussions with Real Madrid this summer, if only to ascertain the lie of the land.



Everybody knows that it does not want to lose more of its stars on free transfers (especially with no Club World Cup to enable the extraction of a small fee this time next year), so it will want to gauge whether Los Blancos are ready to make a serious proposal to take Konate now.

As part of those discussions, Liverpool might well think about mentioning a Real Madrid player or two.

Rodrygo has the potential to neatly turn the Diaz and Konate interest into something of a strength for Liverpool

Liverpool is ready to offer Konate plus $41 million — a proposal which Real Madrid finds "tempting", although it values Rodrygo at around $116 million in total.

But even if the Liverpool "proposal" is a little short, the sale of Diaz would raise more than enough money to bridge the gap

But one way or another, the possibility is there to turn this Diaz and Konate interest to the club's advantage