Liverpool transfer news: Stance on Trent Alexander-Arnold return becomes clear amid Real Madrid exit rumours

Liverpool’s stance connected a sensational instrumentality for Trent Alexander-Arnold to Anfield has go clear, according to a report.

The 28-year-old brought the curtain down connected his 20-year vocation astatine boyhood nine Liverpool erstwhile helium moved to Real Madrid successful June 2025 successful a £10m woody earlier his declaration was owed to expire.

Alexander-Arnold was hoping to found himself arsenic a cardinal first-team subordinate for Los Blancos aft completing a imagination transportation to the Bernabeu, but injuries and managerial changes person hindered his progress.

The England planetary started 29 of his 42 appearances for Real Madrid crossed each competitions past play and helium has since struggled to unit his mode into the archetypal squad nether caller caput manager Jose Mourinho this term.

Alexander-Arnold has started lone 4 of Real Madrid’s 13 matches crossed La Liga and the Champions League successful 2026-27, playing the afloat 90 minutes conscionable erstwhile successful a 4-0 league triumph implicit Malaga astatine the extremity of August.

Could Liverpool re-sign Trent amid Frimpong concerns?

The right-back’s astir caller outing was arsenic a last-minute substitute successful Real Madrid’s 2-1 triumph distant against El Clasico rivals and reigning La Liga champions Barcelona connected Sunday.

Federico Valverde - people a midfielder - was preferred to commencement astatine right-back against Barca, with Mourinho leaving summertime signing Denzel Dumfries and Alexander-Arnold arsenic substitutes.

Alexander-Arnold inactive has 5 years remaining connected his Los Blancos contract, but speculation implicit a imaginable exit from the Bernabeu has surfaced owed to a deficiency of regular crippled time.

The anticipation of a singular instrumentality to Liverpool has been mooted astatine a clip erstwhile the Reds person large question marks implicit Jeremie Frimpong, who has mislaid his starting spot to centre-back Ronald Araujo pursuing a drawstring of concerning performances.

However, Football Insider claims that Andoni Iraola's Liverpool are not funny successful re-signing Alexander-Arnold arsenic things basal and helium is not among their database of transportation targets.

Meanwhile, Spanish shot adept Guillem Balague has unopen down suggestions that Alexander-Arnold could permission Real Madrid successful January.

Trent volition not permission Real Madrid successful January contempt deficiency of crippled time

Speaking connected talkSPORT, Balague said: "No, not successful January. What he's feeling close present is 'Okay, it's not my time, but it volition beryllium my time, I volition hole for my time'. That's however he's taking the full thing.

"But determination are 2 up of him successful the aforesaid presumption (Valverde and Dumfries) and successful fact, Eder Militao was besides utilized arsenic a close backmost against Sevilla. So is helium 4th choice? He's surely 3rd it seems.

"But he's not down, he's been told by Mourinho to support astatine it, helium volition person his moment. It's been unfair that erstwhile helium has played from the start, helium has played successful the midfield due to the fact that of the absentees.

"But successful immoderate case, he's got to support warring and helium wants to win astatine Real Madrid, truthful he's got nary volition of leaving."

Alexander-Arnold is tasked with proving himself erstwhile opportunities originate if helium wishes to reclaim the right-back spot astatine Real Madrid, oregon other helium could beryllium successful information of slipping retired of Thomas Tuchel’s England squad erstwhile again.

The Three Lions are backmost successful enactment during November’s planetary break, portion Real Madrid volition look newly-promoted Racing Santander successful their adjacent La Liga fixture connected Sunday.