Trent Alexander-Arnold future: Arne Slot refuses to guarantee whether Liverpool defender will be at club in February

Liverpool brag Arne Slot has refused to connection immoderate guarantees whether Trent Alexander-Arnold volition inactive beryllium astatine Anfield astatine the extremity of the January transportation window.

Alexander-Arnold is 1 of 3 cardinal players retired of declaration astatine the extremity of the season, on with Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah.

The England planetary has been heavy linked with a determination to Spanish giants Real Madrid, who person already made an effort to motion the full-back successful the wintertime transportation window.

Los Blancos reportedly made an attack connected New Year's Eve, which was 'emphatically' rejected by the Premier League leaders.

There has been speculation that Real Madrid could instrumentality with a 2nd bid earlier the transportation model shuts connected February 3.

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Slot non-committal implicit Alexander-Arnold future

Slot was reluctant to connection immoderate guarantees implicit Alexander-Arnold's aboriginal erstwhile helium was asked astir whether the full-back would inactive beryllium astatine the nine astatine the extremity of the transportation window.

"I americium convinced that helium is playing for america connected Sunday and I deliberation it is truthful hard successful shot to speech astir what happens successful a period oregon successful six months," Slot told reporters up of Sunday's Premier League clash with Manchester United.

"You tin besides inquire maine the question: 'Are you convinced that Virgil [van Dijk] and Mo [Salah] are present adjacent season?

"It is specified a hard question to reply due to the fact that determination is hardly immoderate agelong word successful football, particularly not for a manager, truthful your lone absorption is connected the abbreviated term.

"The lone happening I bash cognize is that helium [Alexander-Arnold] is afloat focused and acceptable to play for america connected Sunday and arsenic agelong arsenic helium is here."

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Could declaration uncertainty assistance Liverpool successful rubric bid?

There is simply a imaginable that the uncertainty surrounding Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk and Salah's futures could beryllium to beryllium a distraction successful the rubric race.

However, Slot feels the concern could really enactment to Liverpool's vantage successful their bid to triumph the Premier League rubric for the archetypal clip since 2019-20.

"Maybe it's adjacent helpful," Slot said. "Because if the speech is lone astir however large we are doing past possibly each week I person to person a gathering to archer the players it is not cleanable yet and we person to bash better.

"Now it is besides astir antithetic things, not everyone telling them however large they are, truthful sometimes that tin assistance arsenic well. But for maine it doesn't distract astatine all.

"I deliberation we get capable recognition for the mode we play and present successful the gathering we don't adjacent speech astir this [speculation]. This is portion of the concern we're in. It doesn't distract maine astatine each and I don't deliberation for the players either."

Liverpool's 3 out-of-contract stars volition effort to assistance the nine assertion a 4th consecutive league triumph successful Sunday's gathering with Man United.

The Reds caput into the play with a six-point pb astatine the apical of the Premier League table aft winning 14, drafting 3 and losing 1 of their 18 league matches this season.

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