Alexander-Arnold ‘fully committed’ to Liverpool amid Real Madrid interest

Liverpool manager Arne Slot says defender Trent Alexander-Arnold is not distracted by rumours of a determination to Real Madrid.

Trent Alexander-Arnold is afloat committed to Liverpool, his manager Arne Slot has said amid rumoured involvement successful the England right-back, including from European champions Real Madrid.

Alexander-Arnold’s declaration with the Reds expires astatine the extremity of the season, truthful helium is present escaped to motion a pre-contract statement with different club, extracurricular of England, if helium wishes.

Madrid reportedly wants to motion him and the Spanish nine was reportedly rebuffed erstwhile it made an archetypal enquiry astir the 26-year-old successful precocious December.

Slot was asked astir the defender’s concern successful a quality league earlier Liverpool’s lucifer against Manchester United successful the Premier League connected Sunday, and helium said helium had had a speech with Alexander-Arnold but would not divulge immoderate details.

Arne Slot, manager of Liverpool, is each smiles with Trent Alexander-Arnold pursuing the 5-0 triumph against West Ham successful the club’s past lucifer [Julian Finney/Getty Images]

Asked if Alexander-Arnold would beryllium staying astatine Liverpool beyond January, Slot lone said: “I tin archer you helium is playing connected Sunday, and hopefully helium brings the aforesaid performances helium brought successful the past half-year.

“Everybody saw however large a archetypal fractional of the play helium had, however overmuch helium is here, however overmuch helium wants to triumph here. I spot him connected the grooming crushed each time … helium is afloat committed to us.”

Slot added that helium is definite Madrid’s pursuit of Alexander-Arnold is not affecting the defender. “If it would destabilise players astatine Liverpool that different radical speech astir them, past we would truly person a problem,” Slot said. “Because if you play for 1 of the biggest clubs successful the world, everybody always, for 12 months long, volition speech astir you, sometimes successful narration to different clubs.

“That happens so, so, truthful galore times for our players, truthful if that destabilises them past we truly would person had a problem, not lone present but the past six months.”

Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk besides are retired of declaration astatine Liverpool astatine the extremity of the season, with the erstwhile saying a caller woody is “far away”.

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