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Slot bored by questions on Alexander-Arnold Liverpool future

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Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has continued to bat away questions on the way forward for right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Sources have instructed ESPN earlier this month that Actual Madrid have been monitoring Alexander-Arnold — whose contract at Anfield is because of expire subsequent summer season — for a while.

Actual Madrid are in search of a right-back within the January switch window to switch Dani Carvajal who suffered a season-ending damage throughout their LaLiga match in opposition to Villarreal, but additionally with a view to changing the 32-year-old within the longer-term.

Talking in a information convention forward of Liverpool’s Premier League conflict in opposition to Chelsea on Saturday, Slot stated: “What was taking place was that they have been with their nationwide groups.

“Trent [Alexander-Arnold] scored a unbelievable free kick such as you in all probability noticed. Identical query, identical reply.

“There’ll all the time be talks about our gamers and it is a good factor that you just ask about it, it means they do properly as a result of in the event that they performed badly, then you definately would not have requested. I can not let you know something about that at this second.”

Conor Bradley, who may exchange Alexander-Arnold within the Liverpool crew ought to he go away subsequent summer season, was praised extremely by Slot for his efficiency this season.

“I feel it should be a vivid future for him as a result of he’s an excellent participant and excellent gamers is what we want right here at Liverpool,” Slot stated. “He is performed, final season particularly, very well when he needed to exchange Trent and now Trent has performed quite a bit however he’s an excellent participant.

“Though he has large competitors from Trent, usually excellent gamers discover their method on to the crew and that’s what I additionally anticipate of him, sooner or later at this membership.”