Actual Madrid’s topsy-turvy marketing campaign on the FIFA Membership World Cup laid naked the defensive inadequacies of the membership.
Coach Xabi Alonso, regardless of bringing in Dean Huijsen in the summertime, was not proud of the performances from the line of defense within the semi-final defeat to PSG.
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Alonso was significantly involved concerning the performances of Raul Asencio and is, due to this fact, eager on bringing in a brand new defender, with Ibrahima Konate rising because the prime choice.
Actual Madrid have tried to signal Konate this summer time, however reaching an settlement with the Reds has confirmed to the troublesome.
Konate needs to play for Actual Madrid
Nevertheless, a latest report from means that the French defender is eager on a transfer to the Spanish capital and has already given his ‘OK’ to a switch, although it could have to attend till January.
Ibrahima Konate might be a high defensive goal for Actual Madrid subsequent yr. (Photograph by Kenta Harada/Getty Pictures)
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The identical report claims that Madrid had additionally monitored Arsenal’s William Saliba, however the Frenchman is about to commit his long-term future at Arsenal and has no want to hitch Actual Madrid, no less than for now.
Konate, in the meantime, turns into a free agent in 2026 and is reportedly open to both arriving as early as January or ready for his contract to run down.
Los Blancos see this as a possible market alternative, very like final summer time’s technique with Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Florentino Perez, together with Jose Angel Sanchez and Juni Calafat, continues to push behind the scenes for the Liverpool defender.
The Frenchman is worked up by the concept of enjoying on the Santiago Bernabeu, which refutes earlier studies that steered that the and desires to remain on the membership amid hyperlinks to Actual Madrid.