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The coach of Liverpool, Arne Slotsaid Tuesday that the intention of his team to conquer the title of the Premier League It has not been affected by the information that links Trent Alexander-Arnold with the possibility of signing for Real Madrid at the end of the season.
Some British media reported during the international break that Madrid is in conversations to close an agreement to incorporate Alexander-Arnoldwhich is in the last year of his contract with Liverpool and would be available in a free transfer. Neither of the two clubs has publicly commented on a possible agreement.
Slot said his club has lived the whole season with speculation about Alexander-Arnold, as well as on Mohamed Salah and Virgil Van Dijk, who also end contract at the end of the season. “It is a situation that has been there for eight or nine months,” said Slot, “and I think these three players have given very well in these circumstances, so it does not affect me at all.”
Slot He said that he would not have talked so much about Alexander-Arnold In recent weeks if I had been fit and had played with England in the World Cup classification matches. On the other hand, it is recovering from the ankle injury that occurred when Liverpool was eliminated from the Champions League by Paris Saint-Germain on March 11.
This means that Alexander-Arnold The Premier League party against its local rival will be lost, the Everton, on Wednesday. Before the mid -week day, Liverpool drove Arsenal, second classified, in the absence of nine games for the end, while the club seeks to seal its 20th English League title, tieding the record with Manchester United. “He is injured,” he said Slot about Alexander-Arnold“And that means to him that he is fully focused on his recovery and for us it means that we are trying to help him to be back as soon as possible.”
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For the rest, during the last eight months, there have been ups and downs, perhaps with all the conversations about him, Virgil or Mo, but we have never been focused on those conversations. We have focused on what we have to do. For virgil and mo, that’s trying to win the derby of Merseyside And for Trent it is to make sure that it is in form as soon as I can (be). Alexander-Arnold, 26, has played his entire career in Liverpool and has won all the great titles with the Merseyside club, including the Premier League and the Champions League.
