Rousing the Kop

Every player Real Madrid have signed from Liverpool as Ibrahima Konate joins ever-growing list

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Ibrahima Konate has become the latest Liverpool player to make the now all too familiar move from Anfield to Real Madrid.The French defender’s contract runs out on June 30th, and Madrid moved quickly to snap him up after months of uncertainty about his future. Give us your predictions for Andoni Iraola’s first competitive XI as Liverpool head coach 👇 Make one SURPRISE choice… Every player to move from Liverpool to Real MadridSteve McManaman — 1999, free transferMcManaman was the first Liverpool player to move directly to Real Madrid, and his exit stung.



He was a homegrown talent who left on a free at a time when Liverpool could not afford to lose big names for nothing.His time in Madrid was a success. While he did not play much, Dudek was respected in the dressing room and finished his career at the Bernabeu.Alvaro Arbeloa — 2009, £5mArbeloa signed for Liverpool in 2007 and became a reliable defender under Rafael Benitez, able to play on either side and trusted in big matches.Madrid brought him back in 2009, and he went on to make over 200 appearances, winning La Liga and two Champions League titles.

He was not just a star player, but a local academy graduate and vice-captain who left at the end of his deal.His Madrid career is still at the very beginning, but the damage to Liverpool was done long before he pulled on a white shirt. READ MORE: Liverpool had an issue with Ibrahima Konate’s contract that was nothing to do with moneyJoin Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox