Liverpool star Trent Alexander-Arnold 'submits £84m bid' to buy Ligue 1 club FC Nantes

Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold has been successful talks to takeover astatine Ligue 1 outfit FC Nantes according to reports successful France, though it remains to beryllium seen if a woody volition beryllium done

Trent Alexander-Arnold has made an connection to takeover astatine FC Nantes, according to reports successful France.

The Liverpool defender, 25, has been the taxable of transportation speculation from Real Madrid precocious and, with his declaration acceptable to expire adjacent year, determination has been plentifulness of absorption connected his aboriginal plans.

But it has present emerged that the England planetary has his sights acceptable connected buying into Nantes, the Ligue 1 nine presently owned by French businessman Waldemar Kita.

According to a caller study from L'Equipe, Alexander-Arnold and his father, Michael, had held talks with the nine hierarchy remotely successful the summertime earlier gathering successful idiosyncratic much recently.

It's outlined that Alexander-Arnold's connection for the club, made done a London concern firm, stands astatine €100million (£84m): €80m upfront with a further €20m down the enactment positive a imaginable €40m successful bonuses.

A 3rd gathering betwixt the parties took spot successful London connected Thursday, wherever it's claimed the projected financials did not conscionable Kita's valuation.

The Nantes main is said to beryllium 'furious' astatine the leak of Alexander-Arnold's involvement and helium has subsequently denied the reports.

Alexander-Arnold is said to person considered purchasing AS Saint-Etienne and Le Havre earlier choosing to proceed with his bid for Nantes, who person won 8 French titles successful their history.

The defender is already a number shareholder successful the French Formula 1 team, Alpine F1.

Away from takeover talks, Alexander-Arnold's declaration situation, coupled with involvement from semipermanent admirers Real Madrid, has near immoderate fans anxious astir his semipermanent aboriginal astatine Anfield.

A caller study from The Independent revealed that the sought aft right-back is continuing to measure the post-Jurgen Klopp epoch astatine Liverpool with caller caput manager Arne Slot present calling the shots astatine Anfield.

He stressed helium was relaxed astir the information Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk are each wrong the last 12 months of their declaration recently, wherever helium besides revealed that determination was thing caller to study successful presumption of caller agreements.

“Again, I’ll springiness the boring answer, which you’re going to get from maine arsenic agelong arsenic there’s nary quality astir this, but we don’t speech astir declaration situations implicit here,” the Dutchman said past week.

“Is it distracting? Is that the connection you utilized for me? No, it isn’t due to the fact that I’m afloat focused connected the individuals successful the squad and they’re portion of the team. I’m conscionable focused connected trying to enactment with them successful the champion imaginable mode to get the champion retired of them. So it’s not a distraction for maine astatine all.”

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