Liverpool boss Arne Slot ‘upset’ by Trent Alexander-Arnold exit

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has stated he’s “disappointed” that defender Trent Alexander-Arnold has determined to go away the membership this summer season however has backed the Reds to adapt following his departure.

Alexander-Arnold, who is anticipated to hitch Actual Madrid on a free switch, introduced his determination to go away Liverpool in a press release on Monday.

Sources instructed ESPN in March that Madrid are “very optimistic” about signing the England worldwide though an settlement has not been finalised.

Alexander-Arnold joined Liverpool’s academy on the age of six and has gone on to make greater than 350 appearances for the membership, successful eight main honours.

Sources have instructed ESPN that the defender rejected a pay deal at Anfield that will have made him one of many best-paid full-backs in world soccer.

“Like everybody who likes Liverpool and who is a fan of Liverpool we are disappointed for him leaving because not only a good human being is leaving but a very good full-back is leaving us as well,” Slot stated in a information convention on Friday.

“I also worked at clubs like AZ Alkmaar and Feyenoord where every season good players left, so I am a bit more used to it. The experience I have and this club as well, is if a good very good player is leaving, the next very good player will step up and that is what probably will happen again.”

Sources have instructed ESPN Actual Madrid need Alexander-Arnold to hitch them for this summer season’s Membership World Cup and are planning to carry talks with Liverpool to barter an early launch from his contract.

Refusing to be drawn on the matter, Slot stated: “Do you know where Trent is going? He hasn’t said anything about it himself. The only thing he has said that he will leave the club, so it is impossible to comment on where he is going and if that is a club that will play in the Club World Cup. You see by my smile, we both know where he is going to but it hasn’t been said yet.”

Requested in regards to the response to Alexander-Arnold’s departure, Slot added: “That folks have an opinion about us, whether or not it’s Trent or me or another person that works on this trade, that’s not new for anybody. For him, it’s a bit extra adverse than he’s used to however I don’t comply with all of this.

“I’m not right here to inform the followers how they need to react. I’ll see Trent in a bit. The boys had just a few days off as effectively. I’ll wait and see how he feels about him saying he’s going to go away the membership.

“I did speak to him on WhatsApp but let’s wait and see. I think we are all disappointed, but I think Trent was the first one to say he doesn’t want us as a club and as a team to be too distracted by this announcement. I’m hoping all of the energy goes to the players.”

Slot additionally confirmed that right-back Conor Bradley is prone to begin Liverpool’s Premier League conflict with Arsenal on Sunday, with the 21-year-old in want of extra recreation time after an injury-plagued season.

“Let’s not compare him with Trent,” Slot stated. “They’re two differing kinds [of player]. With Conor all of us [see] the potential. He’s a really gifted participant. Sadly, he hasn’t been match all through the entire season. To turn into an excellent participant, you need to be out there each single week as effectively.

“That’s the first step he has to make for next season, but we have a lot of confidence in Conor as a very good full-back for Liverpool and that is what he has already shown.”