Trent Alexander-Arnold doesn’t share Steven Gerrard’s reason for turning down Real Madrid

Trent Alexander-Arnold's caller links with Real Madrid person brought backmost memories of the clip Los Blancos wanted Liverpool fable Steven Gerrard, whose caput was successful a antithetic place

Liverpool fans are hoping Trent Alexander-Arnold follows Steven Gerrard's illustration by rejecting Real Madrid.

The 26-year-old England planetary could leave Anfield connected a escaped transportation this summertime when his existent Anfield woody expires. These links are bringing backmost memories of the clip Los Blancos were keen connected signing Gerrard erstwhile Jose Mourinho was the manager.

Having failed to motion him astatine Chelsea and Inter Milan, Mourinho thought helium could yet sway Gerrard to Real Madrid. To his immense disappointment, the Liverpool skipper rejected him for a 3rd clip and remained astatine Anfield.

While Alexander-Arnold's vocation trajectory is akin to that of the legendary Liverpool captain, the discourse of some players is different. Unlike the right-back, Gerrard had unfinished concern astatine Anfield.

In 2015, looking backmost connected Mourinho's tendency to bring him to the Spanish capital, Gerrard said: "I'd person signed for him 3 times if I was not a Liverpool instrumentality and Liverpool were not successful my heart.

"He is the crushed wherefore my caput was turned connected a mates of occasions. But helium understood wherefore helium could not bash it. It's due to the fact that I emotion Liverpool Football Club."

When asked whether helium had ever pondered connected his decisions, Gerrard replied: "I did astatine the clip [wonder astatine what mightiness person been]. But for me, I said to myself erstwhile I sat down with my dada and my brother, that if I triumph a mates of trophies astatine Liverpool, past it would mean an atrocious batch much to maine than if I triumph 10 astatine Chelsea oregon Inter Milan oregon Real Madrid. It ever means much erstwhile you triumph for your people."

Despite winning the Champions League, the Europa League, 2 FA Cups, and 3 League Cups with Liverpool, the Premier League rubric was ever retired of Gerrard's reach. When Mourinho came calling, Gerrard inactive had a burning tendency to triumph their archetypal league rubric since 1990.

Alexander-Arnold doesn't person the aforesaid affectional anchor keeping him astatine Liverpool. He has won each imaginable trophy and is besides connected way to triumph a 2nd Premier League title, portion Arne Slot's broadside besides beardown contenders to triumph the Champions League excessively aft topping the caller format with 7 victories successful 8 matches.

When quizzed connected the Liverpool star's aboriginal earlier successful January, Slot played it cool. However, helium did reassure supporters that transportation gossip hadn't distracted Alexander-Arnold - whose admittance of wanting to triumph the Ballon d'Or supra each other suggests the Santiago Bernabeu could soon beryllium his home.

The Liverpool brag said: "If it would destabilise players astatine Liverpool if different radical speech astir them, past we would truly person a occupation due to the fact that if you play astatine 1 of the biggest clubs successful the world everybody is ever - for 12 months agelong - talking astir you, sometimes successful narration to different clubs.

"That happens truthful galore times for our players, truthful if that destabilises them, past we truly would person had a problem. Not lone present but successful the past six months, due to the fact that determination were immoderate talks astir our players successful the past six months and I don't deliberation it destabilised them astatine all."

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