Arne Slot trusts Liverpool fans not to turn on Trent Alexander-Arnold
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Arne Slot believes Real Madrid’s pursuit of Trent Alexander-Arnold will not diminish the Liverpool crowd’s support for the homegrown defender, or prove a distraction, against Manchester United on Sunday. Real formalised their interest in Alexander-Arnold this week when making an approach to sign the 26-year-old in the January window. Liverpool rejected the enquiry and made it clear they have no interest in selling the right-back this month, despite the prospect of losing him on a free transfer when his contract expires at the end of the season. Real’s first official move plus the impasse over a new Liverpool contract increases doubt over Alexander-Arnold’s Anfield future. But Slot is confident the bond between Liverpool fans and the player will not be undermined.
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“Our fans have always been so supportive and have been supporting their team and their players for so many years,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I fully trust that they will react in the right manner because we’ve been constantly together in the half-year I have been here. And I think that is something that stands out here that, for so many years, the team and the fans have been together. That has created so many special games and so many special things for this club that they don’t need me to tell them how they should react.”.
Slot would not give a categorical assurance that Alexander-Arnold will remain at Liverpool beyond this transfer window. His noncommittal, however, stems from an intention to leave all contract talks to Liverpool’s sporting director, Richard Hughes, and to focus his energies on beating Ruben Amorim’s struggling team. Liverpool’s determination to keep Alexander-Arnold has not changed.
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