Liverpool January transfer 'killed off' as Reds 'emphatically' reject Real Madrid offer

Liverpool person reportedly turned down an opening attack from Real Madrid for defender Trent Alexander-Arnold, thereby 'killing off' immoderate hopes of a mid-season deal.

From Wednesday onwards, the 26-year-old volition beryllium eligible to participate pre-contract talks with overseas clubs erstwhile helium enters the last six months of his contract, arsenic volition Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk.

There is seemingly the astir uncertainty astir Alexander-Arnold's situation, arsenic the vice-captain is successful the premier of his career, though claims that helium has already fixed Real Madrid his word are said to beryllium premature.

Alexander-Arnold appeared to suggest that specified stories were wide of the people erstwhile celebrating his extremity successful the 5-0 triumph implicit West Ham United astatine the weekend, but Los Blancos' involvement is an unfastened secret.

Carlo Ancelotti is understood to presumption the England planetary arsenic the cleanable successor to the long-serving Dani Carvajal, and Alexander-Arnold's fantabulous narration with Jude Bellingham could besides assistance to facilitate a move.

Liverpool 'immediately reject' Real approach

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With conscionable hours to spell until Alexander-Arnold enters the past six months of his contract, The Times reports that Real Madrid person present tested the waters by making an attack to motion the defender successful January.

However, their advances were met with the acold enarthrosis from Liverpool, who 'emphatically' told the Champions League holders to backmost disconnected earlier they could contiguous a fiscal connection to the Reds board.

As the Anfield powers-that-be wasted nary clip successful rebuffing Real Madrid's advances, their stance has supposedly 'killed off' immoderate slim hopes that Los Blancos had of capturing the 26-year-old midway done the season.

Liverpool person seemingly been trying to negociate a caller woody with Alexander-Arnold's campy for a fig of months, but they stay susceptible to losing him for thing erstwhile the play comes to a close.

Alexander-Arnold remains 1 of the archetypal names connected the squad expanse for Arne Slot contempt his declaration uncertainty, banking 1 extremity and 5 assists successful 23 appearances crossed each tournaments this season.

Where bash Real Madrid, Liverpool spell from here?

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Not a azygous psyche successful the Bernabeu offices should beryllium amazed by Liverpool's swift rejection; opening approaches are often conscionable a means of investigating the waters and getting a consciousness of a club's resolve.

Real Madrid volition beryllium nether nary illusions that Liverpool volition bash everything successful their powerfulness to support Alexander-Arnold, but bash not regularisation retired different connection from the Spanish champions earlier the model slams shut.

If determination is nary advancement successful negotiations implicit the adjacent fewer weeks, oregon if Alexander-Arnold drops the bombshell that helium volition not beryllium signing a caller declaration nary substance what, Liverpool whitethorn consciousness that they person nary different enactment from a fiscal constituent of presumption but to entertain January bids.

However, Alexander-Arnold is not understood to person fixed immoderate denotation that helium wants to permission his boyhood club, whom helium has registered 20 goals and 85 assists for successful 333 matches since coming done the younker setup.

The defender has openly professed his tendency to triumph trophies, and fixed that Liverpool are starring the mode successful the Premier League and Champions League, successful summation to making the EFL Cup semi-finals, determination is ostensibly nary amended spot to fulfil that ambition than Anfield close now.

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