Actual Madrid have confirmed the signing of defender Ibrahima Konate.
The LaLiga aspect have agreed a four-year take care of the defender, who will be a part of the membership when his contract expires at Liverpool on June 30.
Konate introduced that he can be leaving Anfield when his contract expires this summer season after failing to achieve an settlement on a brand new deal.
He joins Bernardo Silva and Marc Cucurella as Jose Mourinho’s first signings since returning for a second spell in cost on the Bernabeu.
Konate made 183 appearances for the Reds after signing from RB Leipzig in 2021, serving to them elevate the Premier League, FA Cup and two League Cups however now leaves for Spain after five-years at Anfield.
Actual Madrid’s shift in switch technique underneath Jose
Jose Mourinho has made a quick begin within the switch window at Actual Madrid regardless of the World Cup being underneath approach, with the free transfers of Ibrahima Konate and Bernardo Silva following scorching on the heels of Marc Cucurella’s £51.8m signing from Chelsea.
Actual Madrid’s newly re-elected president Florentino Perez has additionally lined up the £17m signing of right-back Denzel Dumfries from Inter.
The signings of Silva, 31, Cucurella, 27, Dumfries, 30, and Konate, 27, present there was a transparent change of switch technique. The main target has shifted from younger gamers with promise to skilled gamers who’re able to be thrown straight in.
Cucurella, as an example, is the primary signing over 25 to have arrived at Actual Madrid for a switch charge of greater than £2m for the reason that summer season of 2019, when Eden Hazard was signed from Chelsea in a deal value nicely in extra of £100m.
