Liverpool star Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Curtis Jones in training (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
Reports have been circulating in the media that Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold has told the Premier League giants that he wants to join Real Madrid.
According to the Spanish channel markthe Liverpool star has told the Premier League leaders that he has decided to leave them and join the La Liga giants.
After entering the final year of his contract at Anfield, the defender has been consistently linked with a move away from the club and Real Madrid have been mentioned as his next destination.
Transfer talks between Alexander-Arnold and Liverpool have not yielded any fruitful results for the Reds and this has led to reports of the defender leaving the club and informing them of his intentions.
However, transfer news expert Fabrizio Romano has provided the latest update on the transfer saga, claiming that nothing has been agreed between Real Madrid and the defender at the moment.
Romano also confirmed that the player will not be leaving the Premier League giants during the January transfer window.
As he spoke for himself Youtube channel, Romano said:
“Trent is not a January issue. The January transfer window is not Trent’s transfer window. Trent will finish the season at Liverpool safe. His full focus is on Liverpool. Liverpool are doing fantastic and Trent is doing fantastic so everything is under control for the summer.
“Real Madrid wants Trent. Real Madrid are working on a deal for Trent. Real Madrid will push to sign Trent. Real Madrid has been there since March. Not today, not yesterday, not a month ago: March.
“It is a main objective for Real Madrid, but what I can tell you at the moment is that there is no agreement. Nothing is done. Nothing has been communicated, so Liverpool are still in the mix, still talking to the player, waiting to see how this conversation goes from Liverpool and Real Madrid.
“Now we are about to enter January, and from January, Real Madrid officially have permission to talk to the player and see what happens, with Trent as the main target, but nothing has been communicated yet.”
Will Trent Alexander-Arnold leave Liverpool?
The fact that the defender has shown no intention of signing a new contract at Liverpool and that Real Madrid are desperately trying to sign the defender shows that Alexander-Arnold’s days at Anfield are numbered.
While nothing has been agreed at the moment, the transfer saga is heading in only one direction and will most likely end with the England international signing for the League and Champions League winners.
It’s hard to turn down the chance to play in white and Liverpool know that better than most other clubs, having already lost Michael Owen and Steve McManaman in the past.
Maybe it’s time to start looking for a replacement for the player or start grooming Conor Bradley to take an active role in the early going.
Along with Trent Alexander-Arnold, Federico Chiesa could also leave the club.
