Trent Alexander-Arnold has yet to agree to sign a new contract despite the negotiations dragging on for months. Liverpool are still in talks and they are confident that he will resist the temptation of joining Real Madrid and stay at Anfield.
Alexander-Arnold wants to win the Ballon d’Or and this ambition has been taken as a signal that he wants to join Real Madrid on a free transfer next summer.
Real Madrid are growing steadily confident that the defender will continue to resist offers of a new deal from Liverpool and agree to move to Spain at the end of the season.
The European champions are open to signing him in the winter window and Liverpool have discussed the idea of selling him in January at the highest level of the club.
However, Liverpool still want to hold on to the defender and have offered him a contract that would make him the highest-paid player in the Premier League if he agrees to sign on the dotted lines.
The Merseyside giants have enough reasons to believe that despite all the noise around his departure the right-back will agree to sign the new deal with the Reds.
The reason Liverpool are bullish about holding on to Trent Alexander-Arnold
Alexander-Arnold is one of the greatest success stories of the club’s academy and is likely to be the next club captain if he stays at Liverpool.
He is a boyhood Liverpool fan and losing him would be a major PR disaster that Liverpool are desperate to avoid.
According to TEAMTalk, despite the negotiations dragging on for months, Liverpool are calm about the situation and convinced that he will stay.
One of the big reasons behind their confidence is that Alexander-Arnold’s business affairs are still handled by his father Michael Arnold.
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He is a big Liverpool fan and is unlikely to push his son to leave the Merseyside giants in the summer.
Real Madrid are in constant contact with the player and his representatives but the defender has not made a final decision yet.
Liverpool are banking on the fact that the emotional pull of Anfield would be too hard for the father and son duo to ignore when they have to make the final decision.
