Real Madrid’s ambitions of signing Trent Alexander-Arnold are very serious indeed.
Miguel Delaney now reports that Los Blancos are actively looking at signing the English fullback as part of a Premier League-focused summer spending spree.
The Scouser’s close relationship with the La Liga giants’ poster boy, Jude Bellingham, and the ‘constant’ conversations revolving around the Champions League holders should certainly concern.
“Alexander-Arnold has meanwhile not yet signed a new contract with Liverpool, and will be available on a free next summer if that remains the case,” the journalist wrote for The Independent.
“It is known the right-back has been constantly talking to Jude Bellingham about Madrid, out of a friendship that has developed in the England national team. Alexander-Arnold is known to be assessing how things proceed with the post-Jurgen Klopp era at Anfield.”
The Academy graduate’s current terms are set to expire in the summer of 2025 along with Mo Salah and Virgil van Dijk.
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The report in question makes clear that Manchester City’s Rodri, Arsenal’s William Saliba and Tottenham’s Christian Romero are also admired.
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Real Madrid have to be taken seriously as a threat to contract negotiations
It’s one thing having to convince one of your top stars to commit their future under a new manager and direction. Particularly so after having lost such a talismanic boss in Jurgen Klopp.
Add the ever-conquering Real Madrid into the mix and the promise of seemingly eternal European glory and the matter of a contract renewal becomes even more complicated.
Trent, ultimately, has won everything there is to win domestically and abroad. The long wait for a Premier League title? Done. A first Champions League title since the Miracle of Istanbul in 2005? Check.
We couldn’t really blame him for wanting to try something new and drooling at the thought of supplying the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Endrick, Rodrygo and Vinicius Jr.
That’s absolutely not to downplay what we’re doing under Arne Slot, of course. There’s no question that Liverpool have both a supremely talented and young (on the balance) squad that’s surely capable of great things if the new head coach can build on a mostly positive start to life at L4.
Perhaps our vice-captain will see that as more of a risk than accepting a life of riches at the Bernabeu. Or perhaps he won’t find it so easy to cut ties with a club he once admitted he desired to become the captain of.
“I am fortunate to have the people around me who understand the balance between letting me get comfortable, praising me too much and feeding that hunger that needs to be there in terms of wanting to strive to be better, wanting to be one of the best players in the world, the best right back in the world, being the first name on the team-sheet, wanting to be Liverpool captain, wanting to be England captain,” the Englishman was quoted as saying by The Daily Mail in 2019.
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Trent, ultimately, has won everything there is to win domestically and abroad. The long wait for a Premier League title? Done. A first Champions League title since the Miracle of Istanbul in 2005? Check.
Bull! Very good players win it once. Legends win it repeatedly. It depends on what Trent wants. If he wants to viewed as a legend in Liverpool, he has to win it again, and again. Like the legendary teams of the last part of the century. Like Sir Alex’s Man U teams. Like Pep ‘s Man City teams (financial doping notwithstanding).
We said the same about McManaman and Owen. This one would hurt a lot though
Well I think firstly the management at LFC deserves to be roundly criticised for dropping the bundle on TAA and the other two Salah and VVD when it comes to renewing their contracts. I for one do not believe that they would not have discussed renewing TAA’s contract earlier (if they didn’t – John Henry and FSG should be livid – we are talking about a £75 Mil asset here). I believe TA is the villian in all this why – because you do not let your lifetime club down this way – even he wants to leave he should sign another contract with a release clause in it – ” Alexander-Arnold is known to be assessing how things proceed with the post-Jurgen Klopp era at Anfield.”..this is a cute way of saying I am running down my contract! Further against Forest the LFC players to me seemed uncommitted – again I believe this is as a result of these three players contracts being left up in the air – creating an air of unsurety in the squad!
I believe that as a result of these three players TAA/VVD & Mo contracts being left up in the air – the LFC players to me looked as if they were uncommitted to the match against Forest. I think because of the air of unsurety in the squad!
He can move. I will be more than happy 😁. I am a die hard Liverpool supporter.