Mark Lawrenson believes that Conor Bradley provides a readymade alternative for the right-back place at Liverpool if Trent Alexander-Arnold is to depart for Actual Madrid.
The LaLiga and Champions League winners have their eyes set on one in all our greatest gamers, with the 26-year-old having been closely linked with a transfer away from Anfield with no imminent contract extension in sight.
Lawrenson claims that whereas it’d be a ‘unhappy day’ if the vice-captain is to depart for the Bernabeu, it wouldn’t be the top of the world as he thinks the Reds have a alternative already lined up.
The Liverpool legend instructed SportsCasting (through TEAMtalk): “I believe Trent will go to Actual Madrid to go and play with Jude Bellingham, and he’d be allowed to play wherever he needed in that group.
“I can see it taking place, I actually hope it doesn’t although. He’s a well-educated man and he’ll be fascinated by going to Madrid and studying the language, incomes good cash, what’s there to not like?
“I wouldn’t say Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah are all irreplaceable. I believe Conor Bradley has the makings of an impressive full-back if Trent had been to depart. He’s proven that he’s prepared to begin extra for the primary group and already has quite a few good shows to level to.”
Bradley has made 34 appearances for Liverpool in all competitions since his senior debut within the 2021/22 season.
Bradley is an efficient participant, however he’s not Alexander-Arnold
First issues first – Liverpool’s second-choice right-back is maybe pretty much as good a bench possibility at that place as any membership can get. He stuffed in admirably for Trent final season, most notably within the Carabao Cup remaining when a really younger Reds aspect beat Chelsea 1-0 to win the trophy.
His one objective for the primary group additionally got here towards the Blues in a 4-1 win within the Premier League in January, with the academy graduate having seven assists to his title. He additionally impressed throughout the current worldwide break, captaining Northern Eire for the primary time.
Nevertheless, Bradley shouldn’t be even near the participant that Trent is. The latter is out vice-captain and, by the age of 21, he had performed in two Champions League finals after which went on to win the Premier League the next 12 months, constantly being our greatest artistic outlet.
With all due respect to our deputy right-back, who’s at the moment 21, it’s very troublesome to see him reaching the world-class ranges set by his positional teammate.
We don’t doubt that Bradley will hold getting higher and higher and is usually a dependable participant, however changing our quantity 66 on a long-term foundation is a big process contemplating what the Scouser brings to the desk.
One other level to notice is that Trent was allowed to develop and make errors as his senior debut got here in 2016, which was Jurgen Klopp’s first full season with the Reds, who weren’t title contenders at the moment and the then-teenager was changing Nathaniel Clyne, which with all due respect isn’t as huge as process as what his successor would face.
Not solely may Bradley need to try to emulate his vice-captain, however he’d achieve this at a time when the Reds are anticipated to win main silverare, sothere may very well be way more strain on him as a succession act.
Filling the Scouser’s sneakers will likely be extraordinarily troublesome and the best-case situation would nonetheless be to persuade Trent to increase his deal. Fortunately, Fabrizio Romano not too long ago reported that the 26-year-old’s precedence is to stay along with his boyhood membership.
