New rumours emerge on the right back, what’s next for Trent?
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00:00So well, starting with Liverpool and obviously the big one Trent Alexander-Arnold, now a lot of talk coming out after his performance, especially against Manchester United, maybe a bit of a turning point with the fans.
00:12Some seem a bit sort of not know where to stand with him and his commitment.
00:17You know, if you look back over his time at the club, he's been unbelievable.
00:21Obviously, there was a big debate on Sky Sports as well.
00:25How do you sort of look at it?
00:27And what's the sort of latest situation?
00:29Because obviously, Real Madrid are knocking.
00:31It does seem like a good fit.
00:33You know, he's good mates with Jude Benningham as well.
00:35So it's quite an interesting situation and maybe a situation that a lot of fans didn't see coming or a bit surprised to see at the moment.
00:44Yeah, I think obviously the inquiry that's come in for him just before January, the January transfer window opens.
00:50I think it was a little bit of a surprise.
00:52No one is surprised that Real Madrid covers his signature, but most people thought they'd wait until the summer to try and get him on a free transfer.
01:01There's contracts being up.
01:03There have been some theories to have Real Madrid as an inclinative because they've made an inquiry.
01:09Would Trent Alexander-Arnold be open to leaving Madrid in January?
01:16Or is it a case of Real chanting around, thinking, right, let's try and do something here?
01:23Arnaud Slot was convinced that Alexander-Arnold's performance wasn't affected by that talk.
01:30He spoke at a length at his post-match press conference.
01:33But he knows that he'll be in the minority when it comes to that.
01:38He knows that a lot of fans will be thinking Alexander-Arnold's head's been turned.
01:43Maybe it hasn't been turned, but maybe he just wasn't in the right frame of mind because he was pretty poor.
01:48He has been quite good defensively this season, Alexander-Arnold, for all of his frailties, as in the past.
01:53But he did struggle.
01:55When the first goal came in, it went in to Sandro Martinez.
01:59He gave the ball away and then just sort of roamed out to the right-back area.
02:04It looked like he got caught ball-watching.
02:07Look, I want to stress, it was only a minority, not even a handful.
02:13But there was some vitriol towards Alexander-Arnold after the goal went in around me.
02:20To put it politely, saying, if you don't want to be here, then go to Madrid.
02:26So, it's a delicate situation, heightened by the fact that Alexander-Arnold is a casualty product.
02:36Liverpool fans would be a little bit frustrated if he was to leave on a free transfer because he's come through the club.
02:45They think that he should commit his future.
02:48He's talked about wanting to captain the club, but he's courted by Real Madrid.
02:53Look, as long as this situation, this saga rumbles on, then there's going to be all sorts of theories.
03:00The only way that Alexander-Arnold can stop that is by performing well.