Liverpool fans have been preparing themselves for a Trent Alexander-Arnold transfer after the season ends. The full-back has been instrumental in Liverpool’s recent success, but his stay at Merseyside seems set to come to an end. Alexander-Arnold will be out of contract this summer, but can the Reds still expect to receive a fee should he decide to leave the club after the season ends?
How Liverpool Can Still Get a Transfer Fee for Trent Alexander-Arnold Transfer?
Real Madrid’s participation in the Club World Cup has reportedly prompted them to offer Liverpool a fee to secure Trent Alexander-Arnold ahead of schedule.
The Spanish giants have been strongly linked with the right-back and saw a bid turned down during the January transfer window. However, with the England international’s contract set to expire at the end of the season, he is poised to join Madrid on a free transfer next summer.
According to The Sun, Liverpool could still secure a Trent-Alexander Arnold transfer fee as Real Madrid are keen to have the player available for the Club World Cup. The right-back’s contract runs until June 30, while the tournament kicks off on June 14, meaning Madrid would need to strike a deal with Liverpool to release him early.
The report also notes that this year’s summer transfer window will open early on June 1, allowing new signings to feature in the Club World Cup. Additionally, FIFA has introduced an “exceptional registration window” from June 27 to July 3, enabling clubs in the tournament to make squad adjustments.
Liverpool Yet to Give Up on a New Trent-Alexander Arnold Deal
That said, Liverpool reportedly still hold out hope that Alexander-Arnold will choose to stay at Anfield, with manager Arne Slot insisting in January that the 26-year-old remains “fully committed” to the club.
“I completely understand the question and why you ask it, but you already know the answer: these conversations I have never shared, not about Trent, not about any others, about what I talk to them about,” the Liverpool boss said.
“It was a conversation as many others we had, me and Trent, so let’s leave it at that. I can tell you he is playing on Sunday and hopefully he brings the same performances as he brought in for the last half-year, because everybody saw how great a first half of the season he had, how much he is here, how much he wants to win here.
“I see him on the training ground every day working his a** off. He is fully committed to us and he will play on Sunday.
“If it would destabilise players at Liverpool if other people talk about them, then we would really have a problem because if you play at one of the biggest clubs in the world everybody is always – for 12 months long – talking about you, sometimes in relation to other clubs.
“That happens so many times for our players, so if that destabilises them then we really would have had a problem, not only now but in the last six months because there were some talks about our players in the last six months and I don’t think it destabilised them at all.”
