Ibrahima Konate revealed he gifted Liverpool’s medical team cookies for their efforts to get him back to full fitness quickly. But when contract talk was on the menu yesterday, the Reds defender was not so forthcoming on how close he is to signing a new deal. Ahead of tonight’s Champions League clash with Lille, Konate, 25, did confirm that he has been offered a new deal by the club but did not elaborate when asked if he was close to signing.
He is the latest Liverpool star mulling over a contract on offer from the club. The France defender was offered a new deal earlier this season but he has yet to put pen to paper with 18 months left on his current contract. Mo Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk have all been in discussions with the club over new deals but theirs are set to expire in the summer.
Konate said “yeah” when asked if he has been offered a deal but then added “that is another conversation” when questioned if he is close to signing. He earlier said: “I think I am really focussed on what happens now. We will see what will happen.”.
Konate returned to full fitness earlier this month to face Manchester United after overcoming a knee injury quicker than expected. The France centre admitted he is playing through the pain to ensure he helps his team-mates after Joe Gomez picked up a hamstring injury at the end of December leaving the Reds short of centre-backs.
