Spanish soccer giant Real Madrid has announced the free transfer of Ibrahima Konate from Liverpool through an official statement.

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Spanish soccer giant Real Madrid has announced the free transfer of Ibrahima Konaté from Liverpool through an official statement published on Thursday morning.

“Real Madrid C. F. and Ibrahima Konaté have reached an agreement whereby he will be a Real Madrid player for the next four seasons, until June 30, 2030,” the short correspondence read.

Premier League outfit Liverpool wasn’t mentioned, but Konaté is the second big name to swap Anfield for the Bernabeu in the past two summers.

In the build-up to 2024/2025, Trent Alexander-Arnold famously ended a 21-year association with his boyhood club to join Los Blancos.

Unlike Konaté, Alexander-Arnold isn’t currently representing his country at the 2026 World Cup being played in North America.

Head coach Thomas Tuchel overlooked the right back for England, but Dider Deschamps has picked Konaté to feature for France alongside now fellow Madrid teammates Kylian Mbappé and Aurelien Tchouameni.

Konaté is currently finding it hard to break up a central defensive partnership formed by Arsenal’s William Saliba and Bayern Munich’s Dayot Upamecano.

He’ll find similar competition in the Spanish capital, where Antonio Rudiger, Dean Huijsen and an injured Eder Militao are among the high-profile options at Jose Mourinho’s disposal.

More to follow on this Real Madrid news story…