Real Madrid make offer for Alexander-Arnold to join in January with Liverpool immediately rejecting the offer.
Real Madrid make an initial offer to signing Liverpool fullback Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Madrid tried to recruit Trent Alexander-Arnold during the January transfer window, but Liverpool turned them down. Regulations allow the 26-year-old defender to sign a pre-contract agreement for the upcoming season on New Year’s Day, as his current contract expires in the summer.
His ultimate destination has long been Madrid, but an attempt to avert that process has failed, as Liverpool has rejected the deal.
Madrid’s strategy towards AlexanderBefore any financial offer could be made to buy out the rest of Arnold’s contract, he was rejected.
With no overt or covert signs that Alexander-Arnold would desire to leave his boyhood club, Liverpool’s officials are still negotiating with his advisors and family.
There is still no long-term solution to the Alexander-Arnold dilemma, and the club has yet to come to an agreement to extend the contracts of Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah. Regulations pertaining to wages, profitability, sustainability, and money may be problems if Liverpool wants to retain all three.
The Italian Federico Chiesa, who has suffered with injury, was the only senior addition Liverpool made to the team Arne Slot took over from Jürgen Klopp last summer. Alexander-Arnold’s January sale would free up finances because it would be “pure profit” for a former youth team player, but that option has been turned down.
The 32-year-old experienced right-back Dani Carvajal is expected to miss the remainder of the season due to a cruciate knee ligament injury, and Madrid wants the England international to take his spot right away. Alexander-Arnold has not yet addressed the matter publicly, despite Salah and Van Dijk having discussed the current negotiations on the record.
At the weekend, Slot distanced himself from the negotiations with the trio, the manager saying: “I think I have a lot of control over what they do if they are on the training pitch or in a meeting with me. But if you’re talking about their private life I don’t have control. I have control over what I expect from them on the pitch and I’m really pleased to see what Trent, Mo and Virgil bring on the pitch.”