Ibrahima Konate has said that it will remain a “dream” to be in Liverpool, but the club can soon get up for the need to prevent another contract dispute around a big name.
France Center Back Konate has been associated in recent days with a move to Paris Saint-Germain and with only 18 months over his contract, there will be a pressure on the club's hierarchy to prevent the contractual headache they are with three of them Their best suffer players.
The futures of Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold continue to be questioned with four months to go before they become free agents.
And although it is expected that the first two could stay and the latter would be more likely, the intense focus on their futures has dominated a season in which the club flourished on the field.
“To be honest, to be in this club, this means many things because I am part of this story of this club and I really hope that we will also do great things this season and the seasons of the future,” the center said back Liverpool's club media this week.
“I am really happy to be here. It's just a dream.”
The men of Arne Slot came in this weekend's Premier League campaign with a seven-point lead that was reduced to four by Arsenal's victory to Leicester City on Saturday lunch, they are in the Carabao Cup final of next month and ended the Top of the Champions League phase to set up a round of 16 draw next month.
Konate is, apart from a short bundle, the key to that success, but the reality is that Liverpool should make a decision this summer about his future to prevent the risk of losing another rated star 12 months later.
The transfer costs that he could order will also be reduced by the contract situation – a situation that will be aware of potential bidders.
Liverpool host Wolves on Sunday afternoon looking for their buffer. They visit Aston Villa on Wednesday before they travel to the directing champions Manchester City on Wednesday before they travel next weekend.
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