Real Madrid have confirmed Ibrahima Konaté will join the club on a free transfer, having agreed a four-year contract that will commence July 1.
The 27-year-old’s move to Real Madrid had become something of a will-they-won’t-they saga over the course of the year. Madrid had been expected to offer a contract to the France international as his deal with Liverpool entered its final year. Then, in April, Konaté declared to assembled reporters that there was a “big chance” he would remain on Merseyside. “This is what I’ve always wanted,” he explained.
