Asked for a salary increase by 145% to extend the agreement! »Will Liverpool allow him to lose him too?
Article by Daniel Scorpie – published Tuesday, April 08, 2025, 21:08 / Updated Tuesday, April 08, 2025 21:16
Ibrahima Konate wants to take advantage of his contractual situation and the increasingly probable variant of Virgil Van Dijk's departure, his partner in the center of Liverpool's defense, to force the head of the Premier League leader to satisfy his claims if they have proposed to keep the 25-year-old Frenchman.
The agent of the stop with the commitment due with the “cormorants” on June 30, 2026 transmitted the shocking claims made by the player in order not to think to go to the club who would be willing to pay the amount required by Liverpool.
The amount is amazed by the leaders of the Anfield group. Konate is now dreaming of a salary almost twice and a half times higher than the current, without doing anything out of the ordinary this season!
If he does not sell it, Liverpool will keep his salary when renewing!
No, it's really no postponement jokes on April 1! The French international of Malian origin wants to make a huge leap from 94,000 euros per week to 230,000! Specifically an additional 145%. That is, to receive about 12 million net annually!
“The central defender's commitment is valid until 2026, but Liverpool would like to sell it for a profit this summer if a new agreement is not quickly negotiated. Konate's agent is aware of this, of course, and then it goes on this blackmail,” writes the tabloid Bild, taking information from the English press.
Ibrahima Konate did flying on Ollie Watkins in the match with Aston Villa (2-0) / Photo: Imago
Ibrahima Konate was transferred in July 2021, after Liverpool activated the release clause of 45 million euros from his contract with RB Leipzig. Arriving at the fourth season on Merseyside, the Frenchman became a competitive and welded partner of Virgil Van Dijk.
Liverpool wouldn't want to hold Captain Virgil Van Dijk
“The Premier League authoritarian leader is eager to keep it on Konate In the long term, but the bosses do not consider a wage growth. The answer message is to give it to Konate The same salary of € 94,000 per week!
However, on the other hand, the sources of the press in Liverpool learned that it would be quite likely that the team captain would make his luggage in the summer. Virgil Van Dijk seems much further than Mohamed Salah to renew his understanding, entered the last three months!
