Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold is reportedly insisting on a further £100,000-a-week offer after rejecting the Reds’ latest offer.
The Reds are in excellent form this season, with Arne Slott’s side currently top of the Premier League, two points ahead of second-placed Chelsea but with a game in hand.
Slaughter, whose side are also top of the Champions League group stages, could hardly have hoped for a better start at Anfield after leaving Feyenoord in the summer to become Jurgen Klopp’s successor. liverpool.
However, he still has some matters to deal with off the pitch, with Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk all out of contract at the end of the season.
They have yet to agree a deal with any of the trio, but a deal with Alexander-Arnold seems further away than anyone Real Madrid hope to take advantage of the situation.
CompetitorTwo weeks ago, David Ornstein gave an update on Alexander-Arnold’s situation at Liverpool, writing: “For a player so young, so good, and playing so well with a team – especially a team at Liverpool – —It’s unusual for someone so close to the end of their tenure.
“The England international has shown unwavering loyalty to Liverpool and they are working hard to keep him but so far there has been no breakthrough in talks.
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“This has sparked interest elsewhere and Real Madrid’s admiration is well documented. Big decisions need to be made by all parties and time is of the essence; from January 1, Alexander-Arnold can sign pre-contract agreements with clubs in foreign leagues.
“Liverpool don’t want to lose such a key figure, but they need to do everything they can to fulfill his wishes. In the meantime, suitors will also be looking for ways to lure him away. This is a real-time, ongoing situation that has to happen in 2025 or sooner At this time, we still don’t know the outcome.”
And now the sun claim Liverpool have “convinced Trent Alexander-Arnold to sign a new five-year contract, leaving him £100,000-a-week short” after adding “a £70,000-a-week pay rise to the England full-back’s current £180,000-a-week salary”. .
Alexander-Arnold is “insisting” on paying Salah’s current £350,000-a-week salary because “he knows Real Madrid are waiting to give him what he wants.”
The Liverpool defender “has told close friends that he wants to stay, especially as he has now settled in a £5million Cheshire mansion” and he “has a new girlfriend”.
When asked recently about his future, Alexander-Arnold said: “I’ve been at the club for 20 years and have signed four or five contract extensions.
“None of this has been done publicly. Neither will this.”
