Despite “strong interest” from Real Madrid and Barcelona, Liverpool is apparently “confident” that Trent Alexander-Arnold “will” sign a new deal with the team.
The Reds are off to a strong start in the Premier League. They have won four of their five games and drawn the other, and after five games, they are third in the standings, level on points with the teams one position above and below them.
In contrast to previous season, they are off to a strong start this time around.
Towards the conclusion of the season, Jurgen Klopp’s team did manage to move up to fifth, but for most of the season, it appeared like things might have been far worse.
New signings have contributed to the good start for Liverpool. The likes of Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister have slotted into the midfield well.
Klopp will be happy that his summer additions have gelled so quickly with the stars already in the side.
Mohamed Salah has started the campaign in red-hot form, and Alexander-Arnold has looked much more consistent than he did for large periods of last season.
Both of those men have been subject to interest of late. Liverpool received a bid for the former that totalled way in excess of £100million, but held firm and kept him on the books.
Liverpool confident of tying Alexander-Arnold down
The Reds are currently in danger of seeing Alexander-Arnold leave the club. Indeed, 90min reports both Real Madrid and Barcelona ‘have an active interest’ in the full-back.
However, Liverpool are looking to tie him down to a new contract.
The report suggests the Reds are ‘confident’ that a proposed new deal ‘will be finalised well before Christmas’ as talks are ‘progressing well’.
It’s said Alexander-Arnold is ‘on course to see his weekly wage move to around £250,000 and in line with the best full-backs in the world’.
Real face big full-back decision
Not being able to sign Alexander-Arnold will mean Real focus on another right-back.
They have been heavily linked with Chelsea man Reece James of late, another of the best in the Premier League in his position, and now the Blues’ captain.
The latest update on that interest suggests that the Stamford Bridge outfit would only accept a ‘ridiculous’ offer if they are to see him leave.
That’ll give Real a big choice over whether to chance their arm with an offer or leave the pursuit in the knowledge that it might be too hard to land him.
Missing out on both Alexander-Arnold and James would be a big blow given how good the stars are.
