‘He’s gone’ – Tim Sherwood says Liverpool have ‘no chance’ of keeping hold of Trent Alexander-Arnold

Liverpool person ‘no chance’ of keeping clasp of Trent Alexander-Arnold amid involvement from Real Madrid, according to ex-Premier League manager Tim Sherwood.

Alexander-Arnold has emerged arsenic a apical people for Real Madrid, who are expected to motorboat a immense determination for the dynamic right-back adjacent summer.

The boyhood Liverpool instrumentality has entered the last 12 months of his declaration astatine Anfield, meaning helium is escaped to speech to different clubs from January onwards.

Alexander-Arnold is said to beryllium intrigued astatine the anticipation of joining Real Madrid – the astir palmy squad successful Spain and the existent Champions League holders – and is keen to nexus up with his adjacent person and England team-mate Jude Bellingham.

Liverpool person not fixed up anticipation of convincing the 26-year-old to widen his enactment connected Merseyside but Sherwood believes they person ‘no chance’ arsenic Real Madrid hold successful the wings.

Alexander-Arnold is not the lone high-profile Liverpool subordinate coming to the extremity of his existent contract, with superstar guardant Mohamed Salah and existent skipper Virgil van Dijk successful the aforesaid boat.

Sherwood expects Salah and Van Dijk to enactment pen to insubstantial connected caller deals with Liverpool but believes Alexander-Arnold is connected his mode out.

Asked whether Liverpool’s superb commencement to the 2024-25 run whitethorn assistance the nine person Alexander-Arnold, Salah and Van Dijk to stay, Sherwood told Sky Sports: ‘That helps.

‘We’re talking astir 3 top-drawer players determination who privation to triumph trophies. They don’t privation to beryllium determination conscionable to situation for Champions League positions. They each privation to triumph worldly truthful this commencement helps, it tin lone help.

‘I deliberation with Trent, I deliberation he’s gone. Once Real Madrid travel knocking for you… he’s won everything astatine the shot nine and been a magnificent servant but there’s nary accidental they’re keeping him present I wouldn’t person thought.

‘With Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah, I deliberation it’s wholly antithetic due to the fact that I’m not definite wherever they are going to spell which is amended than Liverpool.’

Alexander-Arnold has made much than 300 appearances for Liverpool since making his first-team debut backmost successful 2017.

He was a cardinal portion of the Jurgen Klopp broadside that ended the club’s 30-year hold for a Premier League trophy and won the Champions League successful 2019.

Liverpool could beryllium acceptable to bask different palmy play nether Klopp’s replacement Arne Slot, having won 11 of their opening 12 games successful each competitions.

The Reds’ latest triumph came successful the Champions League connected Wednesday night, Liverpool beating RB Leipzig 1-0 acknowledgment to Darwin Nunez’s first-half goal.

The large games support connected coming for Liverpool who question to northbound London to look Premier League rubric rivals Arsenal this weekend.

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