Media outlets said on Sunday that Real Madrid’s management had given up on signing English right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold from Liverpool, making the young player on the verge of staying with the Reds and renewing his contract.
Previous reports stated that the Royal Club is considering Arnold a top priority to strengthen the right-back position, to succeed the legendary Spanish star Dani Carvajal, who is approaching the end of his career with the team, as he enters his 34th year.
Arnold (25 years old) is considered one of the best players in the right-back position in European football, thanks to his multiple roles on the field, the strength of his shots and the accuracy of his passes from which he creates goals, which made him the most expensive right-back in the world with a value of 70 million euros.
Arnold’s contract with Liverpool expires at the end of the current season 2024-2025, as does his fellow Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk and Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah, as none of the trio has decided on his future with the Scouse team yet.
Real Madrid ignores Arnold
According to newspaper sources Liverpool Echo In Britain, Arnold is no longer on Real Madrid’s list of contractual interests, as the Spanish and European champions turned their attention to Portuguese international full-back Diogo Dalot from Manchester United.
In the same context, Football Insider sources reported that Arnold prefers to stay and extend his contract with Liverpool, as the player told those close to him that he does not want to leave the Reds, and aims to be a historic leader for the club.
According to Football Insider, Liverpool will give Arnold the most expensive contract in his professional career ever, with a weekly salary exceeding 200,000 pounds sterling, making him the second largest contract on the team after Egyptian star Mohamed Salah.
A major challenge facing Real Madrid to bring in Carvajal’s successor
In fact, Real Madrid will face a great challenge to find a suitable successor to its legend Carvajal, who is active in the main squad in… Merengue Over the past ten years, filling his void will be a very difficult task.
Major teams always struggle to find replacements for their legends, and Real Madrid itself is the best evidence when it signed failed deals to compensate for the departure of Ronaldo in the summer of 2018 through Hazard and Mariano Diaz. Accordingly, the Spanish capital team will be required to wait and study extensively before choosing Carvajal’s successor.
