If reviews popping out of the Spanish capital are to be believed, plainly Trent Alexander-Arnold’s potential transfer to Actual Madrid in the summertime is all however sealed.
The incumbent Champions League holders stopped wanting lodging a bid forward of the opening of the January switch window – as an alternative firming up their curiosity with an official ‘strategy’ for the 26-year-old star.
Liverpool, as is to be anticipated, weren’t open to participating in talks over their vice-captain’s future on the membership.
Nonetheless, there’s no escaping this was one other clear reminder of the truth that Alexander-Arnold’s present phrases are set to run out come the summer season.
Madrid, for his or her half, evidently harbour some expectation that they may persuade the Scouser to name time on his Anfield profession.
A Actual Madrid transfer isn’t assured
Regardless of Michael Owen’s claims on the contrary, Liverpool nonetheless have affordable hopes of protecting our No.66 at Anfield past 2025.
Certainly, these near the membership have rejected reviews that Alexander-Arnold has already communicated a need to go away.
“Spanish publication Marca carried a picture of Alexander-Arnold on its entrance web page on Saturday with the declare that the participant had knowledgeable the membership of his need to maneuver to Madrid on the finish of the marketing campaign,” Paul Gorst reported for the Liverpool Echo.
“These recommendations have been dismissed at Anfield, with sources insisting that hasn’t been communicated by both the participant himself or his camp, and Liverpool are nonetheless hopeful of tying down the 26-year-old to recent phrases.”
It will have most definitely been fairly the shock had we been keen to debate a presumably low value to shift our world-class defender within the winter window.
With the membership on the right track to a minimum of problem for all competitions, nevertheless, we’d must query any willingness to think about affords at this stage of the season.
Depriving Arne Slot of the main right-back in world soccer – at a time when questions are mounting over the left-back place – is unlikely to go down properly with the Anfield trustworthy.
Does all of it come all the way down to the Ballon d’Or?
It’s troublesome to find out simply to what diploma particular person achievement ranks over group accomplishments for Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Make no mistake, a transfer to Actual Madrid wouldn’t hurt both ambition; Los Blancos have lifted the Champions League trophy in 5 out of the final 10 campaigns. Likewise, 14 of the final 20 Ballon d’Or winners have come from La Liga’s two most prestigious golf equipment (a Madrid participant lifting the award on seven of those events).
There’s a chilly logic, albeit an unpalatable one for Liverpool followers, doubtlessly underpinning a transfer to Spain, and that’s with out contemplating the potential monetary implications.
That mentioned, it absolutely gained’t have escaped our Academy graduate’s discover that the final defender to win the Ballon d’Or was Fabio Cannavaro (Actual Madrid) in 2006 – the third centre-half to take action after Franz Beckenbauer and Matthias Sammer.
A fullback nonetheless has but to earn the identical degree of recognition; that’s fairly the duck to interrupt in a pressure-cooker surroundings.
