Sources: Liverpool player could sign 'shock' deal in weeks

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(Credit: Imago, Manh Tung, Breaking Media) Wed 10 December 2025 6:45, UK Ibrahima Konate could still sign a new Liverpool deal in the coming weeks in a shock twist, sources have told Football Insider.The Frenchman is out of contract at Anfield at the end of the season, and there has been heavy speculation that he is nearing his final months in the Premier League. Football Insider revealed back in November that Liverpool were ready to accelerate their plans to replace Konate next summer, but sources have now suggested that they may have to backtrack on those intentions.The situations surrounding Arne Slot and Mohamed Salah have dominated the headlines on Merseyside over the last few weeks, but the saga over Konate’s future could yet be set to take another twist.

Credit: Imago‘Still a chance’ of Ibrahima Konate extension as Real Madrid interest fadesFootball Insider revealed last week that Liverpool will accept a bid of £15million for Konate if they are able to sign a replacement for him this winter, but that hinges on the assumption that he continues to reject a new deal.The centre-back and his camp have already knocked back several attempts from the Reds to try and secure his future, but it could yet prove to be a different story this time around. Sources have indicated to Football Insider that Liverpool are once again in “ongoing talks” with Konate over the possibility of a new deal as the all-important January window approaches on the horizon.

With that in mind, if his form doesn’t improve in the coming weeks, then Slot may actually welcome the chance to move Konate on and refresh his centre-back group by bringing in a new face. FSG and the board have stood by the Dutchman in relation to both his own future and the Salah spat, so it would be no surprise to see them take his side again in the Konate saga.