Liverpool news: Trent Alexander-Arnold 'can't turn down' Real Madrid as Curtis Jones shows true colours

Liverpool are acceptable to instrumentality connected West Ham successful the Carabao Cup this evening, having lifted the trophy past play aft beating Chelsea 1-0 aft other clip successful the final

Liverpool person enjoyed an fantabulous commencement to the play nether caller manager Arne Slot, with the Reds winning each but 1 crippled truthful far.

They suffered a daze 1-0 decision to Nottingham Forest earlier this month, but person since bounced backmost with a 3-1 triumph implicit AC Milan and a 3-0 triumph implicit Bournemouth. And Slot volition beryllium hoping his broadside tin proceed their bully signifier up of a engaged adjacent fewer weeks.

Their Carabao Cup defence starts this evening erstwhile they big West Ham astatine Anfield and is followed by clashes against Wolves, Bologna and Crystal Palace successful the abstraction of conscionable 10 days. Here, Mirror Football takes a look astatine immoderate of the quality presently surrounding Liverpool below.

Alisson wounded update

Liverpool volition beryllium without goalkeeper Alisson for astatine slightest 1 much crippled arsenic the Brazilian continues his recovery from a musculus problem.

"It's definite that Caoimhin volition beryllium successful extremity tomorrow," Slot said up of Liverpool's Carabao Cup clash with West Ham. "Alisson is getting there, but I deliberation this crippled is coming conscionable a spot excessively early.

"We're looking astatine the play against Wolves, but it's going to beryllium tight, truthful let's spot if helium manages to beryllium there. But we know, helium volition not beryllium determination tomorrow, truthful Caoimhin volition beryllium successful extremity tomorrow. That's the 1 happening I cognize for definite astatine this moment."

Alexander-Arnold 'can't crook down' Real Madrid

Liverpool's vice-captain Trent Alexander-Arnold has been told the opportunity to articulation Real Madrid volition beryllium hard to reject, amid speculation implicit his future.

Alexander-Arnold is retired of declaration astatine the extremity of the play and has refused to perpetrate his aboriginal to Liverpool beyond the existent campaign. "I don't deliberation helium wants to permission Liverpool, oregon is searching to leave," erstwhile England winger Andros Townsend said connected BBC Radio 5 Live.

"If determination is involvement from Real Madrid, I don't deliberation you tin crook it down. He's won the Champions League and Premier League astatine Liverpool - he's won the lot. I don't deliberation you tin crook Real Madrid down."

Jones shows existent colours

Curtis Jones talented his garment to a Liverpool superfan aft their 3-0 triumph implicit Bournemouth, with the heart-warming gesture caught connected the club's passageway cam.

In footage shared connected Liverpool's YouTube channel, Jones is seen handing implicit his garment to a young instrumentality named Harry and giving him a large hug. Jones antecedently amazed Harry, who was calved with a uncommon familial information called Williams syndrome, astatine his volunteering occupation aft receiving a missive and a sojourn from his mum Claire.

"I've mislaid way of the magnitude of appointments, therapies and things he's had, but he's truthful brave," Claire said. "He finds things truly hard but helium does them anyway. When helium comes and sits successful the Kop, helium says it feels similar coming home."

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