Trent Alexander-Arnold is strongly connected to a free transfer to Liverpool to Real Madrid-but his goal celebration against Leicester has led rumors over a U-turn
Trent Alexander-Arnold is accused of Liverpool possible to cost a payment day of £ 80 million. The late strike of the 26-year-old against Leicester City hit the Reds closer to securing the Premier League title with their 1-0 win on Sunday.
Alexander-Arnold, whose contract ends at the end of this season, is constantly connected to a move to Real Madrid. Although he has remained tight about his future, he is expected to make a summer transfer to the Spanish titans. Liverpool does not receive anything like Alexander-Arnold, even though it is worth a high eight-digit sum on the open market for many.
But after he had delivered the decisive goal on his 350th outing for the Reds on the weekend, speculation searched that he could in fact remain in place. His exuberant celebration, who saw him tear his shirt, slide on his knees and see the fans off the road jubilantly, has people talking about a potential U-turn.
Former Manchester United and Wrexham goalkeeper Ben Foster have suggested that the actions of Alexander-Arnold point to a possible new deal with Liverpool after Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah have recently written new contracts.
Asks you what the celebration of Alexander-Arnold could mean on his 'Fozcast' podcast, Foster said: “I really don't know for sure. I try to think if I was in that situation and I take my shirt out and I look at the crowd. It is the way he looks at the crowd, I think we can read a bit in this.
“I think it should come in if you score a goal, you run to that crowd and you see that love and worship.
“As it looks now, you are a Liverpool -legend and they love you. If you were to sign a new deal today or tomorrow, you will be in the history books of that club forever.”
Despite his roots in the city, Alexander-Arnold has confronted with the recoil of some parts of the Liverpool believers after reports of a possible switch to Los Blancos became public. Foster said he understood the dissatisfaction of the supporters and gave strict advice to the player about the dangers of departure to Madrid.
Foster said: “He leaves when he could have done this a few years ago. He could have left the club £ 70 million or £ 80 million and fans will see it as an insult to them and the football club by not getting what they could have got for him and then go to Real Madrid to join his partner, Jude, Jude [Bellingham].
“That's how they will see it. I think he will be dragged all the way with Real Madrid and [thinking] The grass is greener, but I don't think the grass is greener. “
In the event that Alexander-Arnold removes the switch from Anfield, the young prospect Conor Bradley is tipped to take over the right back slot. At only 21, Bradley already has this period promising in his versions for Liverpool, with 15 performances in the Premier League and five times in the Champions League.
Foster has warned that the replacement of Alexander-Arnold is not easy, and indicated that every successor could initially struggle to match his exceptional versions.
He said: “The problem they have when Trent goes, Connor Bradley will probably be there at the right wing. There are many people who say he is a perfect replacement, but you cannot perfectly replace Trent Alexander Arnold.
“You can't just replace one of the best right wing backs. It is not that simple. I don't care who it is that the youth ranks come.”