James Pearce has now made fresh claim about Liverpool star's "final season" at Anfield

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Journalist James Pearce has provided a significant update regarding this potentially being Ibrahima Konate’s “final season” at Liverpool. The Frenchman’s future has been a constant talking point, with Real Madrid reportedly trying to bring him to the club when his Reds contract expires next summer.

Now, responding in a Q&A for The Athletic, Pearce has dropped a new claim regarding Konate’s next step, admitting that there is a fair chance that this could be his last season at Liverpool: “There’s still no clarity with dialogue over an extension ongoing. I wrote about Konate’s situation a few weeks ago when sources close to the player stressed that he hadn’t made a decision over his future and insisted that speculation in Spain that he had ‘already given his word to Real Madrid’ to join them as a free agent next summer was inaccurate.

“However, the longer it drags on, the more likely it is that this will be Konate’s final season at Liverpool. If Konate was desperate to remain a Liverpool player, it does feel as though more progress would have been made regarding a new contract for him.