‘Relevo’ reports that, within Real Madrid, the feeling is beginning to settle in that it must be assumed that Trent Alexander-Arnold will remain at Liverpool until this summer. The full-back does not want to force an abrupt exit from Anfield and his owners are reluctant to let him leave at a crucial time of the season.
Real Madrid need to reinforce their defence and Trent Alexander-Arnold, who is out of contract in six months, would be keen to join the ‘Merengues’. The problem is that neither Liverpool want to sell him this winter nor the player is considering an abrupt departure from the club that saw him grow up. So, as ‘Relevo’ points out, the ‘Merengues’ are beginning to assume that, if he arrives, it will be this summer.
By then, the winger will have finished his stay in Britain and could join Carlo Ancelotti’s ranks by personally agreeing a deal with the Spanish giants, who would thus avoid tough talks with the Reds. They do not even have an asking price for their star player in mind for the current transfer window because they consider him fundamental in Arne Slot’s tactical imagination.
If the Dutchman’s team were not performing well, the outlook would be different, but his arrival to replace Jurgen Klopp has restored the project to take the lead in the Premier League and Champions League. On these two fronts, the main ones of the campaign, the home-grown player who is the subject of this news item is starting almost every game. Hence the concern that he could be leaving in the middle of the season.
Signing Trent Alexander-Arnold in six months’ time is the ideal scenario for Real Madrid, who, in recent transfer windows, have prioritised this type of operation. The problem is that the most important months of the season remain and ‘Los Blancos’ have just been soundly beaten by Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup final, so the margin for error has been reduced almost to non-existence.