Ibrahima Konate na shirye-shiryen barin Liverpool lokacin da kwantiraginsa ya ƙare ƙarshen watan Yuni, bayan tattaunawar da ke tsakanin bangarorin biyu ta rushe sakamakon sabani kan albashi da ƙimar ɗan wasan.

Dan wasan ƙasa da ƙasa na Faransa mai shekaru 27 ya shiga Liverpool daga RB Leipzig a shekara ta 2021 a cikin kwantira na shekaru biyar mai daraja fam miliyan 35. Ko da yake bangarorin biyu sun shiga tattaunawa a watan Nuwamba 2023 da fata — Konate ya faɗa wa 'yan jarida bayan derby ta Merseyside a watan Afrilu cewa yana "kusa da yarjejeniya" kuma yana ganin akwai "babbar dama" ta zamanawa Anfield — amma an daina tattaunawar gaba ɗaya a yanzu.

Jerin masu barin Anfield na ƙaruwa

Konate zai zama na ƙarshe a cikin jerin fitattun masu tafiya daga Anfield. Trent Alexander-Arnold ya tafi kyauta a rani da ya gabata, kuma Mohamed Salah ma ana sa ran zai bar kulob ɗin wannan rani ba tare da kuɗin canja wurin ba. Andy Robertson shi ma ɗan wasa ne da ke kusa da ƙofa.

Halin da ake ciki a tsakiyar tsaron yana ƙara tsanantuwa. Kwantiran kyaftin Virgil van Dijk zai ƙare rani mai zuwa, kuma yana da shekaru 34 — zai kasance shi kaɗai mai kwarewa a tsakiyar tsaron Liverpool bayan tafiyar Konate. Yunƙurin kulob ɗin siyan Marc Guehi a watan Satumba ya gaza a ranar ƙarshe, ɗan wasan Ingila daga bisani ya koma Manchester City a watan Janairu.

Liverpool suna amincewa da zurfinsu — a yanzu

Duk da damuwar, Liverpool suna ganin zaɓuɓɓukansu na tsaro sun isa bayan kawo Giovanni Leoni rani da ya gabata da kuma zuwan Jeremy Jacquet wannan rani. Jagorancin kulob ɗin yana da kwarin gwiwa kan murfin tsakiyar tsaron, aƙalla a ɗan gajeren lokaci.

Sai dai hujjoji sun nuna cewa fifikon nan take na Liverpool yana wani wuri — musamman wajen nemo wanda zai maye gurbin Salah da kuma biyan gibin da rauni na Hugo Ekitike ya bar. Kulob ɗin yana ganin waɗannan buƙatun sun fi muhimmanci fiye da kuɗin sabuntawar kwantira mai tsada ga Konate.