<p>Konate will leave Liverpool when his contract expires this summer after negotiations over his wages collapsed with the club earlier this month. </p><p>The French defender won the Premier League, the FA Cup, two Carabao Cups and the FA Community Shield during his 183 appearances on Merseyside. </p><p>As summer approaches, he will have his pick of the clubs over the coming months, including Spanish giants Real Madrid, with whom <em><strong>Fabrizio Romano</strong></em> reports he has reached a verbal agreement. </p><p><strong>"BREAKING: Real Madrid have verbal agreement in place with Ibrahima Konate!</strong></p><p>"Four-year deal to be signed, depending on if/when Florentino Perez is re-elected. </p><p><strong>"Here we go, expected right after. Konate put Saudi bids on hold for Real Madrid."</strong></p><p>The move would see Konate reunite with Trent Alexander-Arnold, a player who has infamously had a tricky time in the Spanish capital since his move last summer, also at the end of his contract.</p><p>Konate has previously expressed a desire to represent his boyhood club, Paris Saint-Germain, but no interest from the European champions has been shown as of yet, as he creeps closer to LaLiga.</p><p>As he leaves the Reds, Konate expressed his gratitude to the fans but revealed it is time for him to depart. </p><p><strong>"From the bottom of my heart, thank you for everything. I love you all and will carry Liverpool with me wherever I go. This isn't an easy goodbye, but it's time for a new challenge and a new chapter." </strong></p>