Liverpool 'already know' Trent Alexander-Arnold decision as Real Madrid hatch new plan

Real Madrid are reportedly feeling assured of signing Trent Alexander-Arnold successful 2025, having been fixed assurances implicit the Liverpool vice-captain's plans for the future

Real Madrid are reportedly plotting a determination for Trent Alexander-Arnold successful January due to the fact that they are assured the England prima won’t motion a caller declaration astatine Liverpool.

Like Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah, Alexander-Arnold’s existent woody with Liverpool is due to expire astatine the extremity of June and his aboriginal has been the taxable of overmuch speculation. Real Madrid are semipermanent admirers of the Liverpool vice-captain and their involvement has increased aft Dani Carvajal suffered a superior genu injury.

Real want to motion a right-back successful the January transportation window, with Lucas Vasquez their lone elder enactment successful the presumption astatine present. Alexander-Arnold tops their shortlist up of Tottenham prima Pedro Porro, Bayer Leverkusen’s Jeremie Frimpong and Sevilla's 21-year-old Spain younker planetary Juanlu.

The beingness of Alexander-Arnold’s adjacent person Jude Bellingham successful Madrid could beryllium adjuvant for Los Blancos arsenic they effort to lure him. And present Marca study that Liverpool ‘already know’ Alexander-Arnold volition not motion a caller contract.

If that is the lawsuit past Liverpool volition person a large determination to marque successful the January transportation window. They could determine to merchantability him mid-season, oregon suffer him for thing successful the summertime erstwhile his declaration expires.

The Reds person taken a precise relaxed attack to the concern astir their 3 prima players, Van Dijk, Salah and Alexander-Arnold. Arne Slot has dead-batted questions astir their futures and Liverpool sporting manager Richard Hughes summed up the club’s presumption successful July.

“Contractual situations, I don’t deliberation it would beryllium just for maine to speech about,” helium said. “These are backstage matters betwixt nine and players. The lone interest I have, that Arne has, astir those situations and everyone other successful the squad is that determination is full committedness from the players to the origin for adjacent play – and we are perfectly convinced that is the case.”

Alexander-Arnold, meanwhile, has remained coy erstwhile discussing his semipermanent future. "I person ever said I privation to skipper the club, that is an purpose of excavation and a extremity of mine, (but) whether that happens is retired of my hands," helium said successful September.

"Look, I person been astatine the nine 20 years now, I person signed 4 oregon 5 declaration extensions and nary of those person been played retired successful public. And this 1 won't beryllium either. I privation to beryllium a Liverpool subordinate this play (as a minimum) is what I volition say.

"The astir important happening is ever trophies, if I americium honest. "I privation to triumph trophies, I americium a subordinate who is highly motivated by trophies and winning things and being elite. So that is astir apt the main origin of anything, if you person a property that is elite, who wants to triumph and volition bash thing to win, past that is what drives me."

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