Arne Slot sends Real Madrid Trent Alexander-Arnold transfer warning as Liverpool boss reminds Los Blancos of failed attempt to lure Steven Gerrard away from Anfield
Arne Slot sends Real Madrid Trent Alexander-Arnold transfer warning as Liverpool boss reminds Los Blancos of failed attempt to lure Steven Gerrard away from Anfield
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Arne Slot has warned Real Madrid that their pursuit of Trent Alexander-Arnold won't be straightforward by citing the example of their failure to convince Steven Gerrard to leave Merseyside for Madrid. Madrid made an approach to Liverpool on New Year’s Eve to sign Trent Alexander-Arnold in January but it was emphatically rebuffed. Though with the 26-year-old's contract expiring this summer, the Spanish giants could get him for free then.
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Asked by reporters whether it concerned him that Madrid tended to get their way, the Liverpool boss said: ‘There was one player (Gerrard) they would have really loved to have but he didn’t come. You know him better than me. So it has happened.’. Jose Mourinho tried to sign Gerrard for Madrid in 2010 but the former Liverpool captain turned the opportunity down. Earlier this year, Gerrard said: 'I had offers from Real Madrid and Chelsea, but my heart was always with Liverpool. I never regretted my decision. If I could go back in time, I’d do the same.’.
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Like Gerrard, Alexander-Arnold is a graduate of the Liverpool academy but if he was to move to the Spanish capital, he would follow in the footsteps of former Liverpool players like Steve McManaman and Michael Owen. And Slot insisted that the growing speculation around Alexander-Arnold, as well as Virgil Van Dijk and Mohamed Salah, who are both also out of contract in the summer, is causing no distractions ahead of Liverpool’s clash against Manchester United on Sunday.
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