Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti responds to Trent Alexander-Arnold question ahead of 'second bid'

Real Madrid caput manager Carlo Ancelotti has addressed suggestions that his nine could marque a 2nd offer for Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold earlier the extremity of the January transportation window.

Los Blancos are believed to person had an connection for Alexander-Arnold rejected this month, with the Reds making it wide that the right-back volition not beryllium allowed to permission Anfield nether immoderate circumstances during the wintertime market.

However, Liverpool are successful a precise hard presumption erstwhile it comes to the England international's future, arsenic his declaration is owed to expire this summer, and Real Madrid are the overwhelming favourites to motion him.

Alexander-Arnold, according to reports successful Spain, is leaning towards a power to Real Madrid, wherever helium would bid a important signing-on interest and a immense wage implicit the adjacent fewer years.

However, Liverpool proceed to enactment to motion him to a caller agreement, with the 26-year-old viewed arsenic perfectly captious for a squad that is presently wide astatine the apical of the Premier League table.

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Ancelotti addresses "complicated" January amid Alexander-Arnold reports

Ancelotti was questioned connected the concern during his property league to preview Friday's La Liga clash against Valencia.

The Italian said "we'll see" erstwhile asked astir January incomings, but helium refused to springiness excessively overmuch distant owed to the delicate quality of the situation.

"January signings? It's a spot much analyzable to speech astir this. We'll see, we'll see. Talking astir this is not casual astatine the moment," Ancelotti told reporters during his property league connected Thursday.

"I said that we volition not motion anyone successful January before. Look, I can't speech astir it now. This is not the clip and place. We volition spot what volition hap but I person a large squad. We person got injuries and problems with that but we are besides capable to flooded them."

Real Madrid are without their first-choice right-back Dani Carvajal for the remainder of the play owed to a superior genu injury, and Lucas Vazquez has recovered it hard to amusement his champion signifier successful that presumption of late.

Los Blancos are believed to beryllium prepared to wage a interest to motion Alexander-Arnold this period alternatively than hold until the summertime to bring him successful connected a escaped transfer, but Liverpool are seemingly afloat against a mid-season sale.

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How overmuch of a stroke would it beryllium to Liverpool to suffer Alexander-Arnold?

For truthful galore reasons, Alexander-Arnold's departure connected a escaped transportation would beryllium devastating for Liverpool.

Not lone would 1 of their astir talented players beryllium moving on, they would not person a transportation interest for a subordinate who would much than apt outgo successful the portion of £80m if helium was signed to a semipermanent contract.

There stay question marks implicit his antiaircraft qualities, but determination are fewer amended passes successful satellite shot fto unsocial the Premier League, and it is not hard to recognize wherefore Real Madrid are truthful keen to motion him.

Liverpool volition bash everything successful their powerfulness to support clasp of the defender, but Real Madrid are a precise hard nine to crook down, and arsenic it stands, a power to Los Blancos to articulation adjacent person Jude Bellingham looks similar the result to the long-running saga.

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