Liverpool manager Arne Slot drops biggest hint yet that Trent Alexander-Arnold will swap Anfield for Real Madrid.Liverpool manager Arne Slot has dropped the clearest hint yet that outgoing defender Trent Alexander-Arnold will join Real Madrid at the end of the season.
The England international announced on Monday that he will not be signing a new contract with the newly crowned Premier League champions when his current deal expires in June.
Rumours have swirled for some time that the 26-year-old has been lining up a move to the Spanish giants, who will compete at this summer’s inaugural FIFA Club World Cup.
Real, who won last season’s UEFA Champions League, claimed the inaugural FIFA Intercontinental Cup in Qatar in December, and despite failing to defend their continental crown this season, will head to the upcoming global club tournament as favourites.
“He hasn’t said anything about it himself,” Slot told a news conference on Friday when asked if Alexander-Arnold could be released early from his contract to play for a new club should they be competing at the Club World Cup.
“For me, it’s impossible to comment on where he’s going and if that is a club that is going to play in the Club World Cup,” Slot added. Advertisement
“You see by my smile – we both know where he’s going to but it hasn’t been said yet. That’s impossible for me to comment on.”
Slot has warned, meanwhile, that excessive transfer fees could prevent him from signing a tailor-made replacement for Alexande …
