Real Madrid looks like they will surrender to the requirements of Liverpool and pay for the right back Trent Alexander-Arnold. The 26-year-old defender is planned for moving to the Santiago Bernabeu, but there has been some doubt about the timing of the deal.
Alexander-Arnold has already agreed the conditions with Real Madrid for a deal of five years, and the original plan was that he came to the club for free this summer at the end of his contract. But with the Club World Cup that starts in mid -June, and a transfer window opened at the beginning of the month, Los Blancos Liverpool will have to pay to have him available for the tournament. Allegedly, they reportedly also promised Xabi Alonso three signing sessions before the tournament.
One of those signing sessions is sealed in Dean Huijsen, but he is expected to be accompanied by left-wing Alvaro Carreras and Alexander-Arnold. The negotiations will accelerate this week for Carreras now the Benfica season has ended. It was previously reported that Los Blancos would probably come to an agreement to have Alexander-Arnold early for around € 1 million, but El Chiringuito says that Real Madrid 'will pay € 5 million to have a few weeks before his contract ends.
The new Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso was presented on Monday and gave little away about his plans, nor his role in the decision not to extend Luka Modric's contract. The Basque coach said that the decisions about signing sessions would be agreed between him and the club, but not in the future of Rodrygo Goes, or his plans for how he would set up. There is some intrigues about whether he will continue with the three on the rear system used in Bayer Leverkusen, or whether he returns to a rear four.