Jurgen Klopp feat could ‘entice’ Trent Alexander-Arnold to leave Liverpool next summer
Trent Alexander-Arnold is out of contract with Liverpool in the summer and has been strongly linked with a move to Real Madrid, who are in need of a new right-back
by Felix Keith · The MirrorThe allure of joining Real Madrid is even stronger for Trent Alexander-Arnold because he’s already won the Premier League with Liverpool.
That is the opinion of former Liverpool midfielder Jason McAteer, who believes his former club face a difficult task in trying to convince Alexander-Arnold to stay. Like Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk, the England right-back is in the final year of his contract and is yet to commit his future to the club.
He has been strongly linked to Real Madrid, where his close friend Jude Bellingham has settled brilliantly over the past year. Alexander-Arnold is playing for his boyhood club having come through the academy and would find it difficult to leave when his contract expires on June 30.
But McAteer believes that the decision is easier due to what Alexander-Arnold has already achieved with the Reds. The right-back has been involved in Liverpool’s Premier League, Champions League and Carabao Cup wins under former manager Jurgen Klopp, meaning that he could leave without any regrets next summer.
“He's won everything at Liverpool. It's not like he’ll look back at his career and wish he stayed back to win the league,” McAteer told Gambling Zone. “Steven Gerrard did that. Steven’s objective in his sports career was to win the league at Liverpool. He almost did it, but it fell away at the end.
“Maybe if Liverpool had not won the league under Klopp, it might entice Trent to want to stay. I just think the chips are stacked against Trent staying at Liverpool right now. There's other positives for him to stay. He's a home-grown talent. He owes a bit to Liverpool. His mum's a scouser and probably will tell him what to do. I've met her, she's brilliant, I love her to bits and she's a very strong character.
“There's a lot of positive influence around Trent: Alex Inglethorpe, his mum, different players. As much as I'm fighting an argument here, there is that side of things, but I just think the allure of Spain and Madrid and [Dani] Carvajal being injured and coming to the end of his career, the space is there, isn't it?
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“I think [Carlo] Ancelotti will go at the end of the season. I think Xabi Alonso will slot in there. Why wouldn't he want Trent? [Aurelien] Tchouameni, [Kylian] Mbappe, [Jude] Bellingham, Rodrigo, Vinicus Jr. You know, they’re all young players who can dominate world football over the next five years.”
Real are in need of a right-back after Carvajal tore his ACL against Villarreal earlier this month. Lucas Vazquez as his only senior option at right-back, meaning that Los Blancos could pursue a new player in the January transfer window.
The Spanish giants would be free to talk to Alexander-Arnold in the New Year, once he enters the final six months of his deal, but a summer move would be much more likely, with Arne Slot unwilling to lose such an influential player mid-season.
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