Liverpool are getting increasingly worried about losing some of their biggest names next summer on a free transfer while the team enjoy being at the summit of the Premier League table at this stage of the season.
The Merseyside giants should be celebrating a flying start to the season under new manager Arne Slot but rumours over the future of their star players are hitting the headlines more.
Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold will be free to hold talks with clubs outside England from January given their current deals are set to run out next summer.
Liverpool want to hold on to the trio but the club are more worried about losing Alexander-Arnold given the optics involved of him being one of the success stories of their academy.
Real Madrid are under the impression he won’t sign a new contract and there is a feeling that there is almost zero chance of Alexander-Arnold being at Liverpool next season.
Liverpool star receives massive contract offer but not from the Reds
Real Madrid are keen to wait until January to make a formal move for the defender but work is underway between the club and his representatives.
He is their top target and Real Madrid want to remain in control of the situation in their bid to take the player to the Spanish capital next summer.
According to CaughtOffSide, the European champions have already offered him a mega contract to move to the Santiago Bernabeu on a free transfer next year.
Real Madrid are confident of getting their hands on him and believes that they have received the green light from the player’s end.
Liverpool owners will come under the scanner
Alexander-Arnold is a Liverpool-born red who has been one of the biggest success stories of their club academy.
A boyhood Liverpool fan, the defender has won all the major trophies at Anfield but is now closing in on an exit from the club.
Many have questioned why Liverpool allowed the situation to fester for so long without sorting out a new contract for a player of his importance.
Liverpool fans have never been completely enamoured by the club’s owners and Alexander-Arnold’s probable exit could drive a further wedge between the hierarchy and the supporters.
