Liverpool can't miss deal for contract rebel LOVED by Arne Slot and Richard Hughes

Liverpool are facing an impending contract problem over Ibrahima Konate.

The Frenchman is out of contract at the end of the current season - and could be leaving the club on a free transfer if no new deal is agreed.

Having joined the club from RB Leipzig back in 2021 for £35m, Konate has established himself as Virgil van Dijk’s preferred centre-back partner - winning the Premier League title in the 2024/25 season.

Liverpool currently have only two fit central defenders in the shape of Van Dijk and Konate - with Giovanni Leoni and Joe Gomez both injured.

Senesi will leave Bournemouth

Sporting director Richard Hughes is thought to be in the market for defensive arrivals and we have seen links to both Marc Guehi and Nico Schlotterbeck of late.

But the Premier League champions may opt to turn to Bournemouth for a bargain new recruit - with BBC reporter Nizaar Kinsella confirming that Marcos Senesi is set to leave the club on a free at the end of the season.

Senesi, 28, joined the Cherries back in 2022 and is currently first-choice centre-back for head coach Andoni Iraola. His period out of the team last season owing to injury opened the door to Dean Huijsen - who ended up joining Real Madrid last summer.

Bournemouth also sold Illia Zabarnyi to Paris Saint-Germain with the Vitality Stadium providing a very good environment for defenders to develop.

Senesi is former Arne Slot captain

Two-cap Argentina international Senesi is well known to both Hughes - who oversaw his signing as Bournemouth technical director - as well as Arne Slot.

Senesi captained his Feyenoord team at times back in the 2021/22 season - and played in the 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League final against Roma before leaving for the south coast.

He could therefore be the perfect signing for Liverpool - either for a cut-price fee in January if Bournemouth are willing to do business - or else on a free next summer.

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