Trent Alexander-Arnold contract latest: Why Liverpool defender has not signed extension as Real Madrid make January transfer bid

One crushed wherefore Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold has not signed an hold is that the nine whitethorn not person fixed him presumption comparable to Mohamed Salah, opening the doorway for Real Madrid, according to Reds adept David Lynch.

Reports emerged successful the past fewer days that Los Blancos had advances for the Scouser rejected by the Merseysiders, but the La Liga champions look keen connected completing a woody for the right-back arsenic soon arsenic possible.

Alexander-Arnold is into the last six months of his declaration with the Reds, and is present escaped to speech to clubs overseas astir signing successful the summer, but the impasse successful negotiations with Liverpool has near fans perplexed fixed Trent is simply a boyhood protagonist of the club.

Howevr, Lynch suggested that portion wealth is not the deciding factor, the defender wants immoderate caller woody to bespeak his value to the team, telling Sports Mole: "It is simply a small spot astir wealth - the sticking constituent won't beryllium declaration length, it'll beryllium 'are you going to recognise maine arsenic the cardinal antheral successful this broadside and springiness maine a wage packet that reflects that, person to Mo Salah, that existent precocious extremity successful presumption of play wage'.

"That is what he's aiming for, [and] the sticking constituent with Liverpool is that determination volition beryllium a region connected what that valuation looks like, and that's wherefore [Trent is] utilizing Real Madrid for that.

"Very fewer players get the accidental to play for Real Madrid and an English subordinate going implicit determination would beryllium an unbelievable experience, but I deliberation the cardinal commercialized disconnected is however overmuch tin Liverpool amusement that they privation him arsenic a antagonistic to that? If [they amusement however overmuch they worth Trent], I deliberation it volition get done, but that is simply a large if astatine the moment, and intelligibly the numbers aren't rather determination due to the fact that helium would person conscionable signed by now."

Salah is reported to beryllium the highest earner astatine Liverpool followed by Virgil van Dijk, with the brace rewarded by Liverpool for giving their champion years to the club.

Have Real Madrid forced Alexander-Arnold to marque a decision?

Liverpool are first successful the Premier League and Champions League tables, and look similar wide favourites to astatine slightest triumph the English apical flight, truthful selling Alexander-Arnold successful January would nary uncertainty beryllium detrimental to their chances.

Allowing Trent's declaration play to proceed into the second stages of the play could besides beryllium harmful for the club's morale - some connected and disconnected the transportation - but the deficiency of solution has astatine slightest strengthened Trent's negotiating presumption fixed helium has a morganatic alternate to Liverpool.

Having said that, Lynch expressed his content to Sports Mole Real Madrid's January bid whitethorn unit the 26-year-old to marque a determination connected his aboriginal sooner alternatively than later, saying: "For Trent, it [has been] worthwhile leverage to support [Real Madrid] there, but the occupation he's got present is helium can't support that leverage determination for overmuch longer.

"Real Madrid are trying to unit the issue, and they intelligibly privation a determination from the player, whether that's to accidental to Liverpool, 'I'm going to spell now', oregon 'I privation to spell now, adjacent though Liverpool would wholly cull that', oregon whether it's to accidental 'in the summer, I'm going to spell to Real Madrid'.

"It conscionable creates an urgency - which is portion of Real Madrid's maneuver - and I don't deliberation helium tin support that hanging determination for overmuch longer. He has to marque a telephone astir what he's going to get from Liverpool, what that looks like, and whether that is capable to support him there, oregon if helium wants to spell down the way of Real Madrid."

Salah and Van Dijk person some publically stated that they would overmuch alternatively enactment astatine Liverpool than question a determination elsewhere, and contempt Trent saying that helium would similar for negotiations to not beryllium played retired successful the media, the concern has go somewhat untenable considering the speculation coming from Spain.

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Is Alexander-Arnold the slightest important of the trio retired of declaration successful the summer?

Trent scored against West Ham United past Sunday successful Liverpool's 5-0 thrashing of the Hammers, but Salah besides scored successful that lucifer portion providing 2 assists.

In fact, the Egyptian has already netted 17 goals successful the Premier League and produced 13 assists, making a beardown lawsuit that helium should beryllium considered the Reds' precedence erstwhile it comes to declaration negotiations.

Van Dijk has shown successful games against the likes of Manchester City that helium is inactive cardinal to marshalling the team's defence, and Lynch told Sports Mole that during declaration discissions, Liverpool volition undoubtedly see the worth that each of the 3 players tin connection from their respective positions.

Lynch said: "The immense question for Liverpool is however overmuch worth are you getting from a right-back, adjacent the champion right-back successful the world. With Mo Salah, they made him their highest paid subordinate of each clip - it was truthful evident that determination was worth successful it.

"Look astatine Trent Alexander-Arnold - helium tin person moments of brilliance. He scores 3 kicks, his set-piece transportation is fantastic. He tin people goals from right-back, helium sets goals up, but his assistance numbers are not what they utilized to beryllium [due] to the mode that he's utilized [by Arne Slot]. He's influential successful presumption of progressing the ball, but what are the numbers you enactment connected that? They're not the aforesaid arsenic idiosyncratic who scores goals incredibly frequently.

"Liverpool volition beryllium calculating this utilizing possession models they person for on-ball value, but I deliberation the cardinal question is however influential tin a right-back beryllium connected winning shot matches? Trent is close up determination successful presumption of the astir influential right-backs successful satellite football, but is that enough? He is inactive constricted by his presumption connected the pitch."

Trent has said the past that helium prefers playing person to cardinal midfield but Slot has utilized him much traditionally astatine right-back, though the defender has registered conscionable 4 assists successful the Premier League this word contempt the nine astir being astatine the half-way signifier of the campaign.

The right-back has immoderate enactment to bash if helium is to bushed his idiosyncratic champion of 13 assists successful a azygous play successful the apical flight, a grounds helium achieved successful 2019-20.

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