Real Madrid ready bold move for departing Liverpool hero

Real Madrid ready bold move for departing Liverpool hero Real Madrid are preparing a bold move for a departing Liverpool star. The Reds may be saying goodbye here. Liverpool are still deep in talks with Ibrahima Konate as they seek a new contract for the Frenchman.

Konate’s deal is currently set to expire at the end of the season. Richard Hughes and company have been in those talks for 18 months now but getting Konate to commit on their terms is proving difficult. It may actually prove impossible.

So as things stand, Konate will leave Liverpool at the end of the season. It increasingly appears that it would take a massive turnaround to change that as the two parties simply cannot agree. And that appears to have brought Real Madrid firmly into the fold.

They were heavily linked with a move for Konate last year but that appeared to come to and end with their decision to abandon a pursuit. However, things have changed since then. Dayot Upamecano, Mar Guehi and Nico Schlotterbeck now all look to be off the table - and it leaves them back wanting Konate.