Fans of Liverpool hope that Trent Alexander-Arnold follows the example of Steven Gerrard by rejecting Real Madrid.
The 26-year-old English international could leave Anfield this summer on a free transfer when his current Anfield deal ends. These links bring back memories of the time when Los Blancos wanted to sign Gerrard when Jose Mourinho was the manager.
After he did not sign him in Chelsea and Inter Milan, Mourinho thought he could finally influence Gerrard to Real Madrid. To his immense disappointment, the Liverpool skipper rejected him for the third time and stayed in Anfield.
Although the career trajectory of Alexander-Arnold is comparable to that of the legendary leader of Liverpool, the context of both players is different. In contrast to the right back, Gerrard had unfinished cases at Anfield.
In 2015, looking back on Mourinho's wish to take him to the Spanish capital, Gerrard said: “I would have signed three times if I was not a fan of Liverpool and Liverpool was not in my heart.
“He is the reason why my head was called in a few times. But he understood why he couldn't do it. It's because I love Liverpool Football Club.”
When asked if he had ever thought about his decisions, Gerrard replied: “I did it at the time [wonder at what might have been]. But for me I told myself when I sat down with my father and brother, that if I win a few trophies in Liverpool, it would mean much more to me than if I win 10 in Chelsea or Inter Milan or Inter Milan or Real Madrid. It always means more if you win for your people. “
Despite winning the Champions League, the Europa League, two FA Cups and three competition cups with Liverpool, the Premier League title was always out of reach of Gerrard. When Mourinho came to call, Gerrard still had a burning wish to win their first league title since 1990.
Alexander-Arnold does not have the same emotional anchor that holds him in Liverpool. He has won every possible trophy and is also on schedule to win a second Premier League title, while the side of Arne Slot also strong contenders to win the Champions League after surpassing the new format with seven wins in Eight competitions.
When he was questioned in the future of the Liverpool star earlier in January, Slot played the cool. However, he reassured the supporters that the transferross pip Alexander -Arnold had not derived – whose recognition to want to win the Ballon d'Or, suggests that the Santiago Bernabeu could soon be home.
The Liverpool – Baas said: “If the players in Liverpool were to destabilize if other people talk about them, then we would really have a problem, because if you play in one of the largest clubs in the world, everyone is always – for 12 months long – Talking about you, sometimes in relation to other clubs.
“That happens so often for our players, so if that destabilizes them, we would really have had a problem. Not only now but in the last six months, because there were some conversations about our players in the last six months and I don't think That it completely destabilized. “
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