Liverpool title-winning squad ripped apart as 7 more transfers could follow Ibrahima Konate
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Seven more 2024/25 Liverpool Premier League winners could leave Anfield this summer, with Ibrahima Konate the latest to depart Merseyside following five seasonsSeven more players from the 2024/25 Premier League squad could follow Ibrahima Konate out the door(Image: Getty)Seven more players from Liverpool’s 2024/25 Premier League-winning squad could follow Ibrahima Konate out the door ahead of a busy offseason.It was confirmed on Friday that Konate, 27, a Premier League, FA Cup, and two-time EFL Cup-winning center back, will depart Anfield on a free transfer after five seasons in Merseyside. Konate’s departure is the latest of several high-profile exits, with Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson already confirmed to be departing long before last season’s close.The Reds and Konate remained in negotiations up until this point.
He told reporters he was close to an agreement, and insisted that he had always wanted to stay at Liverpool."I think everyone wished for that for as long as possible, but we are in a good way,” Konate said at the time. This is what I always wanted.“I’m waiting to sort the contract, but when everything is sorted, you will have to ask Richard (Hughes) what I said to him in September, November and he’s going to say something to make everyone quiet.”Konate will leave Liverpool this summer(Image: Getty Images)Liverpool manager Arne Slot also addressed Konate’s future ahead of the Aston Villa game earlier this month.
However, according to Give Me Sport, Liverpool decided a bumper, big-money contract for Konate would be an “expensive renewal.”Arne Slot addressed Konate's contract situation earlier this month(Image: Getty Images)Liverpool is set for a big summer transfer window amid the departures en masse. I think last season gives you the answer because of how important our wingers were to our success last season.