TA: Connat s team insists that Western media said he has promised to go to Real Madrid is purely a false

Hupu September 25th TheAthleticUK Liverpool team reporter Pi Xijin wrote the Konath column.

Since his current contract expires next summer, he can sign a pre-signation agreement with an overseas club in just 98 days - that is, on January 1 next year.

Nearly a year has passed since Liverpool Sports Director Richard Hughes and Connate's agent started preliminary negotiations on a contract renewal, but it has been difficult to reach an agreement.

This has many similarities with Liverpool defender Trent Alexander Arnold's situation last season - he is worth a lot of money, in the last year of his contract, and Real Madrid is eyeing him and eager to sign him as a free agent after the contract expires.

Of course, Real Madrid was eager to sign the right-back one month in advance so that he could represent Real Madrid in the Club World Cup, and eventually paid a transfer fee of 8.4 million pounds.

Anfield executives and Connate's team were both tight-lipped about Connate's transfer offer and contract renewal conditions.

Last season, Liverpool took the same stance on the contract dispute between Mohamed Salah, Van Dijk and Alexander Arnold because they wanted to avoid any unnecessary interference.

Time is tight, but the defending champion has not yet accepted the reality of losing Conate. According to sources close to Conat, anonymous to defend his position, Spain's report on Conat's promise to Real Madrid will follow in Alexander Arnold's footsteps is not accurate.

If the deadlock is not resolved, he seems certain to receive free agent offers from top European clubs outside Real Madrid, but his only goal is to get more glory at Liverpool, and his future has not been finalized.

Connat is more important to Slot than ever since summer new player Giovani Leoni suffered a knee injury in his league Cup debut against Southampton on Wednesday, potentially facing a long absence.

Leoni's serious injury inevitably triggered regrets that Liverpool failed to sign Crystal Palace centre-back Mark Guy on the transfer deadline earlier this month.

If Crystal Palace did not suddenly change its mind at the last minute and refused to sell their captain, the situation would definitely be different.

As a mature England international, Gerch should have become the strong rival of Connert's starting position with Van Dijk. Since Joe Gomez is the only senior centre-back still playing in the club, their order of strength is clearer.

But even if Liverpool signs Guy for £35m, they won't add another candidate in the back line, as AC Milan and Brighton were chasing Gomez at the time, and Gomez would almost certainly leave.

Slott also believes that midfielder Hokkaido and left-back Andy Robertson will be able to fill the centre-back position if needed in the coming months. Ryan Gravenberg sometimes takes this position from the midfield, but letting the Dutch take this position will weaken the team's midfield strength.