According to the Times, Konate is seeking a two-and-a-half-times increase on his existing salary of £80,000 a week to earn around £200,000 per week on a new contract.
That would place him just below the current bracket of Liverpool’s highest earners, with Salah, Van Dijk and Alisson believed to be paid upwards of £200,000 a week at present.
While that may reflect Konate’s importance to the side now and into the future, it goes some way to explain why no resolution has been forthcoming after talks opened in October.