“It’s time for a new challenge”

YoBrahma Konaté aims to be one of the names of this summer’s transfer market. The France international centre-back officially said goodbye to Liverpool yesterday, he is free… and his future is up in the air with several major European players attentive to their situation.

“This is not an easy farewell, butro it’s time for a new challenge and a new chapter. See you soon,” the 27-year-old footballer said yesterday on official channels in an emotional farewell letter in which he remembered Diogo Jota and also the hard episode suffered by the death of his father.

Its situation has aroused notable interest in the market. The French defender, who He has long been in the orbit of clubs such as Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and PSG.has several top-level alternatives to define the next step in your professional career. The first is that of Al-Ittihadaccording to Footmercatohas also entered the race to obtain their services. The Saudi entity considers that the French international fits perfectly into their project and is closely monitoring the evolution of his contract, aware of the opportunity represented by incorporating a footballer of such a level without a transfer cost.

Nevertheless, The operation appears complex for the whole of Jeddah. Al-Ittihad is going through a period of uncertainty after a campaign well below expectations, which concluded with a discreet fifth place in the Saudi Pro League. In addition, the club faces important movements at an institutional level. Everything indicates that Sergio Conceicao will leave the bench in the coming weeks, while there could also be changes in the sports management, with the possible incorporation of a new manager to relieve Ramón Planes.

Now it remains to be seen if Real Madrid, waiting for the elections and the new coach, resumes the interest of a footballer whom he gave up at the beginning of the yearwhen everything indicated that the central defender would continue in Anfield.