Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold remains fully “committed” to the club and will play against Manchester United on Sunday, manager Arne Slott says.
Spanish giants Real Madrid are reportedly interested in signing the England full-back – who can leave Anfield on a free transfer this summer.
The latest reports suggest Real are keen on a move this month, but Slott is not worried about his player’s mentality in the second half of the Premier League season after speaking to him.
He said: “I totally understand the question and why you’re asking it, but you already know the answer: these conversations I’ve never shared, not with Trent, not with others, about what I talk to them about.
“It was a conversation like many others, me and Trent, so let’s leave it at that.
Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold have both been named Premier League Player of the Month for December 👏🔴
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“I can tell you that he plays on Sunday and I hope he has the same performance as he has in the last half, because everyone saw how great the first half of the season was, how much he is here, how much he wants to win here.
“I see him on the training ground every day kicking his ass. He is fully committed to us and will play on Sunday.
“If it would destabilize the players at Liverpool if people were talking about them, then we would have a real problem because if you play at one of the biggest clubs in the world, everyone is always – for 12 months – talking about you, sometimes. relationship with other clubs.
“That happens so many times for our players so if that destabilizes them then we’d really be in trouble, not just now but over the last six months because there’s been some talk about our players over the last six months and myself. Don’t think it destabilized them at all.”
Like Alexander-Arnold, key players Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk are also out of contract at the end of the season.
