Liverpool worry Connate will follow Arnold to switch to Real Madrid

Richard Hughes and Billy Hogan are watching the Liverpool game.

Liverpool senior executives are "angry" about this, and they are worried that Ibrahima Conat will follow Trent Alexander Arnold to switch to Real Madrid because the centre-back showed "similar behavior".

Alexander Arnold will move to Madrid this summer as Liverpool fails to reach a contract extension with the England international, and now Liverpool is worried that Connate will do the same.

The French international has performed well this season, playing the defensive core with Virgil van Dijk as Arne Slott, playing an important role in the team's victory in the Premier League.

Konat's contract expires at the end of next season, and sports director Richard Hughes has been fighting for new contract terms for Conat, who currently earns £70,000 a week, but reports have been reported to be very little progress in negotiations.

Konat's agent has been reportedly fighting for a weekly salary of £200,000, but Liverpool is increasingly worried that the 25-year-old is not interested in signing any agreement and hopes to fulfill the contract before the 2026/2027 season and beyond at Real Madrid.

Spanish media Le Marca said that Liverpool was "angry" about not being able to receive the transfer fee from its star player again, and Conat's transfer fee was £50 million according to Transfermarkt's estimate.

They allegedly "experienced a very strange feeling" and "begin to perceive a very similar ghost to what Alexander Arnold felt a year ago when he refused to expand his connection".

Liverpool knows Real Madrid's interest in Conat, and the player himself seems to know, because the centre-back showed "similar behavior" to Alexander Arnold.

Connate has been "labeled" by Real Madrid - that is, they want him - in recent years, Real Madrid has become experts in signing players for free, with David Alaba, Antonio Rudiger, and most famously Killian Mbappe all signed after their contracts with the previous clubs expired.

Financial expert Stefan Bolson told Football Insider that Liverpool is playing a "very dangerous" game that will allow key players to continue their contracts to the final year.

He said: "I think if the main players are at the age of having you definitely want to sign for another three or four years, then allowing them to enter the last year of the contract is very dangerous."

Konat was only 26 at the end of May, but he is at his peak, especially as a central defender. They don't want to lose him easily.

"They are fully aware that Real Madrid has now been very successful in transferring these players for free.

"They have been doing this for a long time and using the interests and size of the club as a recruiting tool, which is almost no other club in the world football world can match. I do think there are some risks if they are interested in this player. ”

" Many rumors became true when they chased these players. Last year, news about Alexander Arnold was circulating, saying they wanted him to transfer freely. "

" It's true, so I think Liverpool will be very cautious and will determine the player earlier than Salah and Van Dijk. ”