Real Madrid refuse to admit defeat with new update on Trent Alexander-Arnold transfer chase
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Real Madrid are considering another move to land Trent Alexander-Arnold this month. The Spanish giants were quickly rebuffed after they approached the Reds on Tuesday. Liverpool have no interest in selling the right back this month and are still hoping he will sign a new contract.
But Real are now contemplating another approach and are willing to pay up to £20.7m (€25m) if they can do a deal in the January transfer window. Alexander-Arnold, 26, is out of contract in the summer and is free to sign a pre-contract agreement with foreign clubs now he has entered the last six months of his deal.
Liverpool have had no indication from the player that he wants to leave the club. They still have open dialogue with the defender and his family over a new deal. Real are obviously keen and with Dani Carvajal out for the season are eager to bring in a right back as soon as possible.
But they are also wary of upsetting the player as their main aim is to sign him - either now or in the summer. They don’t want to risk putting him off a move to Spain but are also showing how eager they are for his signature. Liverpool don’t want the player’s head to be turned in the middle of a huge season which sees them top of the Premier League and looking in fine form in Europe.
The Reds had two reasons to rebuff Real Madrid’s approach for Trent Alexander-Arnold. The first is that they are still hopeful the right-back will sign a new contract at Anfield so why would they entertain an offer with dialogue still open with the player.
