Fabrizio Romano now experiences that Liverpool will quickly have interaction in conversations with Trent Alexander-Arnold and his entourage over the prospect of extending his contract at Anfield.
The England worldwide’s present phrases are set to run out in the summertime of 2025.
“Guys, I can assure that for Trent it’s the identical scenario as Van Dijk, the identical scenario as Mo Salah. Precedence to Liverpool. Conversations to comply with with Trent, his brokers and Liverpool, to know what’s going to be subsequent between Liverpool and Trent Alexander-Arnold,” the CaughtOffside columnist spoke on his private YouTube channel.
“Let’s respect the timing, let’s respect the events negotiating. It’s as much as Liverpool, it’s additionally as much as the participant to resolve what they wish to do, after which this dialog will make us perceive what’s going to occur with Trent.
“I can assure that no resolution has been made on Liverpool’s aspect, on participant’s aspect. They’re nonetheless taking their time to debate precisely the identical as Van Dijk and Salah.”
The No.66 has but to register a single help in 2024/25, although has nonetheless loved a optimistic affect on the pitch because the Reds recorded three wins out of 4 within the Premier League.
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Virgil van Dijk, who likewise finds himself on an expiring contract, has indicated a willingness to increase his keep on the membership.
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How would Liverpool start to switch Trent Alexander-Arnold?
World-class gamers come and go – it’s a truth of life so far as soccer golf equipment are involved.
Nevertheless, we do need to ask ourselves a really critical query in relation to Trent Alexander-Arnold’s future within the sport: how on earth would we start to switch him within the starting-XI?
Conor Bradley (21) is, with out query, an thrilling younger expertise who would robotically step into the Scouser’s vacated beginning berth. Although, we’d all be kidding ourselves considering we’d be getting anyplace close to the identical stage of output so far as the Northern Irishman’s contributions on the ball are involved.
Our first-choice right-back in the end has a really distinctive skillset that might be nigh on not possible to duplicate or change in the identical window. And that might be ignoring the tragedy of shedding a generational expertise for nothing on the finish of his contract subsequent 12 months.
Speak soccer sense, speak enterprise sense – the very fact of the matter is that it wouldn’t make any sense to permit Trent to run down his contract.
What has Arne Slot mentioned about Trent’s contract?
There was a usually ‘boring’ (within the phrases of the ex-AZ Alkmaar boss) replace from Arne Slot on his fullback’s future.
“It’s once more the boring reply which you’re going to get from me so long as there is no such thing as a information about this,” the 45-year-old spoke in his pre-Nottingham Forest presser.
“We don’t speak about contract conditions over right here. Is it distracting? No, it isn’t as a result of I’m totally centered on the people and the crew and they’re a part of the crew.”
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