Trent Alexander-Arnold and Fabrizio Romano (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images, The Daily Briefing)
Real Madrid has made the first contact with Liverpool regarding the potential signing of English right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold, according to the British newspaper “Daily Mail”. Fabrizio Romano via daily briefing.
Speaking in an exclusive video update, Romano explained the latest developments regarding Alexander-Arnold's positionIn addition to providing an update on Liverpool's efforts to keep Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk.
The Reds are doing everything they can to keep hold of their best players, and it appears they have not yet given up on Alexander-Arnold, even if convincing the 26-year-old to ignore Real Madrid's offers will be difficult.
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Los Blancos appear confident, according to Romano, and are pushing hard to sign Alexander-Arnold, even if that saga does not appear to be set in stone yet.
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Overall, though, it doesn't look very encouraging from Liverpool's point of view, with the Merseyside giants looking more optimistic about keeping Salah and Van Dijk than Alexander-Arnold.
“In recent days, Real Madrid has approached Liverpool for Trent Alexander-Arnold,” Romano said.
“It is the first contact between the two parties to understand the situation, because Real Madrid wanted to show Liverpool that they are ready to pay money in January to sign Trent Alexander-Arnold.
“However, Liverpool's reaction has been very clear – the player is not for sale in January. Liverpool want to continue with Trent, and they want to win as many titles as possible this season. They are doing a great job, so there are no concrete negotiations for January.
“But Real Madrid's message is very clear – they are doing everything they can for Trent, even if it's not in January, it will be in the summer because Liverpool know that Real Madrid are pushing a lot to sign the England international.
“Real Madrid have been working on this deal since March, and now that it's January they can speak directly with Trent and his agents to discuss the deal.
“So, Real Madrid are working on signing Trent, but Liverpool don't want to negotiate in January because they still want to try to extend his contract.
“However, it will not be easy. Real Madrid is pressing, Real Madrid is confident, but Liverpool will try until the end.”
