Liverpool centre-backs

Jarell Quansah’s Liverpool Future Raises Fresh Questions Over Defensive Planning Liverpool’s long-term defensive strategy is once again under scrutiny, with growing discussion around whether Jarell Quansah could yet return to Anfield following his departure in 2025. Amid ongoing centre-back concerns and continued squad evolution under Arne Slot, the situation has prompted renewed debate about recruitment,...

Liverpool Defensive Planning Signals Long Term Shift The January window may have closed, but the conversation around Liverpool’s defensive succession planning has only intensified. Speaking on Media Matters for Anfield Index, David Lynch joined Dave Davis to unpack the club’s strategy, with particular focus on emerging links to Nico Schlotterbeck and confirmed movement for Jérémy...

Jacquet Signing Signals Liverpool’s Defensive Future as Konaté Sets the Standard Liverpool’s defensive planning has come under renewed scrutiny following the confirmation of Jacquet’s arrival and the resurgence of Ibrahima Konaté. With Champions League qualification, squad stability and long-term succession all in play, the club’s latest moves have prompted fresh debate among supporters and analysts...

Liverpool Running Out of Time as Konate Talks Reach Defining Moment There is a familiar tightness to this story, the kind Liverpool supporters have learned to recognise a little too quickly. According to Caught Offside, representatives for Ibrahima Konate are due to sit down with Liverpool officials on Friday, talks that feel less like routine...

Ibrahima Konate moves closer to Liverpool exit after latest update Liverpool have quietly reached a decisive point in the long running contract saga surrounding Ibrahima Konate, with the France international now free to pursue a move away from Anfield when his deal expires in the summer. The situation has been drifting for months, but those close...

Ibrahima Konaté's Liverpool Future Unresolved as Jacquet Signing Fuels Exit Talk Ibrahima Konaté’s Liverpool future remains unclear, with just months left on his contract and no breakthrough in renewal talks. Speaking on Media Matters for Anfield Index, journalist Lewis Steele confirmed that the situation with the French defender is unresolved, and that while nothing has...

Jacquet Watch: Liverpool’s Defensive Future Comes Into Focus Credit to Paul Joyce of The Times for the original reporting, which offers more than just insight into Arne Slot’s immediate pressures. Tucked within the wider story of noise, scrutiny, and imbalance is a telling detail that may shape Liverpool’s medium term future, the growing interest in...

Jamie Redknapp Raises Squad Depth Concerns Over Giovanni Leoni’s Liverpool Path Liverpool’s defensive rebuild continues to gather pace, but Jamie Redknapp has sounded a timely note of caution over how increased competition could impact one of the club’s most promising young players. Speaking after Liverpool’s recent defeat to Bournemouth, Redknapp highlighted Giovanni Leoni as a future...

Liverpool set to be without Ibrahima Konate at AFC Bournemouth Liverpool will travel to the south coast without Ibrahima Konate after the defender confirmed the death of his father, Hamady, earlier this week. The centre back has been in Paris with his family and will not be rushed back into football at such a sensitive...

Konate Under the Microscope as Liverpool’s Defensive Cracks Deepen Against Burnley Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Burnley at Anfield was framed, initially at least, as another frustrating afternoon of missed chances and squandered momentum. Yet as the dust settled, attention shifted away from penalty misses and moments of attacking brilliance, and towards a growing sense of...