Liverpool brace for a shock exit of star player this summer

Liverpool are on the verge of winning the Premier League this season, but major changes are expected to happen over the summer. Arne Slot wants a reshaping of the squad in the next window. However, the Reds are also set to have one or two unexpected departures.

The Reds have averted the possibility of losing Mo Salah and Virgil van Dijk by negotiating new contracts for the two major stars, and they will be part of the team next season.

Liverpool are disappointed that they are set to lose Trent Alexander-Arnold on a free transfer. The right-back is almost certain to join Real Madrid in the summer.

The Merseyside giants are expecting to hold on to the players they want to keep, but an unusual situation is developing, which could see them lose one more star player in the upcoming window.

Can you name the team Liverpool sold these players to?

1 of 10 Luis Suarez PSG Barcelona Real Madrid Bayern Munich

Fabrizio Romano provides a worrying update for the Reds fans

Ibrahima Konate is set to enter the final year of his contract, and the Reds are in negotiations with the defender over a new deal.

However, the negotiations have not gone according to plan, and Konate’s wage demands have shocked Liverpool, who are hoping for a compromise soon.

But Paris Saint-Germain’s interest in the defender has complicated things. The Ligue 1 champions want to take the Paris-born defender back to the French capital.

Liverpool are worried about PSG’s interest in him as they can easily match the defender’s wage demands.

Romano has indeed confirmed that the Parisians are interested in signing a top-class centre-back in the upcoming summer transfer window.

“I’m hearing that they want a centre-back”, Romano said on the Here We Go Podcast.

“They are already considering some options, and PSG, as usual, will be busy.”

Losing Konate would be a major blow, and it could force the Reds to sign not one, but two centre-backs in the summer.

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