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Liverpool are likely to lose a number of first team players before the end of the transfer window in September.

The Reds have done plenty of outgoing business so far this summer, with the likes of Caoimhin Kelleher and Trent Alexander-Arnold notably departing.

More are set to follow.

Luis Diaz is keen on a move to Bayern Munich, while exit rumours have followed Darwin Nunez all summer long.

Harvey Elliott is in talks to join West Ham as well, although the most recent reports suggest a deal is still some way from being completed there.

Another who has been linked with an exit is Ibrahima Konate, who has entered the final year of his contract.

As Rousing The Kop revealed on Friday, Liverpool have reopened contract talks with Konate in the hopes of blocking an exit, and former captain Sami Hyypia has urged the Reds to get the deal over the line.

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Liverpool have already lost one centre-back this summer, as Jarell Quansah has joined Bayer Leverkusen.

Hyypia may be especially interested in Quansah’s move, having spent many years at Liverpool and also having played and managed Leverkusen.

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But it is Konate who the Finn was asked about while speaking to Chinese outlet CGTN Sports Scene this week, and Hyypia says it is now ‘very important’ that the Frenchman stays.

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“Very important, we don’t have a lot of centre-backs at the moment so surely they won’t let him leave this summer, because then we would need to buy two,” said the 51-year-old.

“I don’t know if they are going to extend his contract, I don’t have that kind of inside information where the negotiations are and everything, but I think it would be very important to keep him.”

Hyypia is currently out with the Liverpool squad on tour in Hong Kong.

As an LFC ambassador and a former captain, the Champions League winner is a big draw for Reds fans.

Having spent plenty of time with Leverkusen during his career as well, Hyypia is also well-placed to give an insight into the big-money signing of Florian Wirtz this summer.

And that’s exactly what the former centre-back has been doing, insisting that Wirtz’s ability to operate in limited space will be the biggest thing he can bring to Liverpool next season.

“Many teams last season were quite compact and quite deep, and Florian is somebody who can receive in small spaces, turn and dribble and score goals as well,” says Hyypia.

“When he dribbles he attracts defenders, so then maybe then he can see a pass for someone who is in a better position to score.
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