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Liverpool’s triumphs this season has generated a lot of transfer interest to acquire their stars.

Natural for a team of Liverpool’s quality, but the club will feel they are enough to keep their player at the club for the foreseeable future.

However, Liverpool have lost one key man already, as Trent Alexander-Arnold has agreed to join Real Madrid upon the expiry of his contract at the end of this season.

In fact, there are reports that Real Madrid could attempt to buy the right-back out of his contract early, so that he can link up with Los Blancos for the Club World Cup that starts before his contract is set to expire.

A tough decision for Liverpool, so it will be interesting to see how that plays out.

Real Madrid are still eyeing up other key players for Liverpool, as Alexis Mac Allister has been linked in recent months.

During the latter stages of this season, Real Madrid’s priority appeared to be on acquiring another creative midfielder and strengthening their full-back options, but it now appears that the La Liga side will also focus on improving their centre-back department.

Relevo reveal that Real Madrid now see the need to sign a centre-back this summer.

A defender who can slot right into the team and strengthen a weakened backline.

The fitness of Antonio Rudiger and David Alaba has raised concerns, with the duo contracted until 2026.

Along with the fitness of the pair, who have struggled with injury at times this season, they also boast high salaries, something the club could see as a problem to great to continue, opening up potential exits.

This is why Real Madrid are now reportedly interested in signing Ibrahima Konate.

A player many years younger than David Alaba and Antonio Rudiger, the Liverpool defender is someone the Real Madrid ‘really like’.

Konate is not ruled out as a potential target for Real Madrid this summer, but any deal for the Frenchman would be complicated.

In Real Madrid’s ideal world, they would find themselves in a similar situation to Trent Alexander-Arnold, where if Konate doesn’t sign a new contract, they will jump at the opportunity to sign him as a free agent next summer when his contract expires.

A very complicated operation for Los Blancos, since Liverpool are determined to renew his contract and there are other clubs highly interested in acquiring his services such as PSG.

After Ibrahima Konate winning his first Premier League title with Liverpool, it is hard to imagine a world in which he wants to leave this summer, but we have seen that somehwere before…

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