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Liverpool faces potential loss of defender Ibrahima Konaté as he is set to leave the club after failing to agree on a new contract. This would mark the second consecutive year the club loses a key defender without a significant transfer fee. The situation is compounded by injuries to new defensive recruits and uncertainty surrounding Joe Gomez's future.
- ▪Ibrahima Konaté is poised to leave Liverpool after not agreeing to a new contract.
- ▪This would be the second year in a row that Liverpool loses a first-choice defender without a significant fee.
- ▪Liverpool's sporting director Richard Hughes faces challenges with new recruits recovering from injuries.
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6m ago03.44 EDTAn overnight transfer line. double quotation markIf Konaté walks away from Liverpool out of contract, it will be the second consecutive year – after Trent Alexander-Arnold ran down his deal before a £10m move to Real Madrid – that the club will have lost one of their first-choice defenders without receiving a significant fee. Konaté has had a disappointing season but losing an established centre-back will come as a blow for the sporting director Richard Hughes, with new defensive recruits Jérémy Jacquet and Giovanni Leoni both working their way back to fitness after significant injuries and transfer speculation swirling over the future of Joe Gomez. Ibrahima Konaté poised to leave Liverpool after failing to agree new contractRead moreShare
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