Liverpool star reveals he HAS been offered new contract to extend Anfield stay

Liverpool are presently attempting to effort Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah to caller contracts connected Merseyside and different prima has inactive not committed his aboriginal to the Reds

Ibrahima Konate is the latest Liverpool prima mulling implicit a declaration connected connection from the club.

The France defender was offered a caller woody earlier this play but helium has yet to enactment pen to insubstantial with 18 months near connected his existent contract. Konate, 25, refused to accidental if helium was adjacent to signing aft helium confirmed the connection had been made by the club.

Mo Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk person each been successful discussions with the nine implicit caller deals but theirs are acceptable to expire successful the summer. The nine has much clip for Konate to sign.

Konate said “yeah” erstwhile asked if helium has been offered a woody but past added “this is different conversation” erstwhile questioned if helium is adjacent to signing. He earlier said: “I deliberation I americium truly focussed connected what happens now. We volition spot what volition happen.”

Konate returned to afloat fittingness earlier this period to look Manchester United aft overcoming a genu wounded quicker than expected. The France defender admitted helium is playing done the symptom to guarantee helium helps his team-mates aft Joe Gomez picked up a hamstring wounded astatine the extremity of December leaving the Reds abbreviated of centre-backs.

And determination was a peculiar contiguous from Konate to the club’s aesculapian squad for helping him instrumentality faster. He said: “The program was for maine to bid connected this week [before United game] but erstwhile I saw Joe with this injury, I thought: 'OK I person to travel backmost truly quick' and don't truly deliberation astir my knee.

“The archetypal game, for definite I felt it a small spot but the symptom got amended time aft day, it's fine, it's capable for maine to play. The physios and aesculapian unit person done a precise bully occupation for me.

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"Every time I spent, I don't cognize however agelong I spent astatine the nine each time erstwhile I was injured and I was precise blessed and I thanked them with immoderate cookies.

“This season, they person done a precise bully occupation with me. They ne'er instrumentality a hazard with me, it was precise maine who was ready. I play with a spot of symptom but it is capable to play.”

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