As per Football Insider, Mick Brown has revealed that Liverpool would now welcome Konate's exit next summer, as there is a belief that he can be improved upon in the transfer market. Liverpool are looking at who they could get to replace Konate. They're confident they can upgrade on him, because they've had concerns about him for a while and they were on show again in that game against Man City.
Everyone loves a bargain and the potential pool of free agents whose current deals are set to expire at the end of the 2025/26 campaign will be constantly assessed in the coming months. Once January comes around, any players in the final months of their contracts will be able to talk to overseas teams and there are a number of big-name players for whom the clock is ticking.
Barkley has had something of an up-and-down career down the years and it's now unclear what the future could hold for him. The 31-year-old started out as a real wonderkid in his Everton days, but struggled when he later earned a big move to Chelsea. Since then, Barkley has occasionally shown signs of reviving his career in spells with Luton Town and Aston Villa, but he's now fallen down the pecking order in Unai Emery's squad again.