Trent Alexander-Arnold has been warned against making a move to Real Madrid next summer and has been told he “can become one of the best players in Liverpool history”
Trent Alexander-Arnold has been warned against making a move to Real Madrid next summer. Arsenal legend Emmanuel Petit believes the vice-captain “can become one of the best players in Liverpool history” if he commits his long-term future to the club.
Alexander-Arnold’s Anfield terms expire at the end of the season and he is less than two months away from being able to speak to clubs outside of England about a pre-contract agreement, with Real Madrid heavily linked.
Reports from Spain have been circulating since the summer about the current Champions League holders’ interest in the Reds’ No.66 but Petit, who won a Premier League and FA Cup double in 1998 with Arsenal, has urged Alexander-Arnold to sign a new deal at his boyhood club.
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“You know what, I’m not sure about Alexander-Arnold and Real Madrid,” Petit told Instant Casino. “He has the opportunity to stay at a huge club like Liverpool and he can become one of the best players in Liverpool history of a legendary and special club like Liverpool. That has to be something that is very interesting to him, especially as a local boy and a fan of the club.
“If he goes to Madrid, he’s going to play every single season hoping to win the Champions League, but I think it’s the same for Liverpool. Liverpool, every time they are involved in the Champions League, they want to win, but they don’t have the same recent history as Madrid in the competition. Madrid is the reference in the Champions League, but Liverpool is a huge club.”
The contracts of captain Virgil van Dijk and leading goalscorer Mohamed Salah also expire next summer and Petit continued: “[Jurgen] Klopp put the club on a stage, and they should be on that stage forever. They are a club that should always be competing for the biggest prizes in football. The work of [Arne] Slot, that’s been amazing since he’s come in.
“You should ask me this question next May, because we’ll know more about the future of Van Dijk and Mo Salah and Liverpool may have won something by then too.”
Liverpool return to action on Sunday afternoon when they are entertained by Southampton before a clash with Real Madrid at Anfield in the Champions League the following week.
