Arne Slot offers emotional response to Trent Alexander-Arnold’s Liverpool exit
- Alexander-Arnold will leave Liverpool on a free transfer this summer
- Slot explains how hard Reds worked to keep right-back
- Conor Bradley set for increased role in final weeks of the season
Arne Slot has admitted Liverpool did all they could to try and convince Trent Alexander-Arnold to sign a new contract at the club.
While the Reds succeeded in tying Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk down to fresh terms, right-back Alexander-Arnold has opted to walk away from the club on a free transfer this summer, with a switch to Real Madrid all but finalised.
Alexander-Arnold’s decision to leave, particularly for free, has sparked significant frustration among Liverpool fans and Slot opened up on his own feelings of disappointment.
“Trent is not the first and won’t be the last to leave a special club,” he explained. “We did everything we could to keep him and then we have to accept his decision.
“You can maybe understand he wants a new challenge because, if he is so many years in the same league, some players want to experience something else.
“It is a disappointment for the fans, teammates and for me [that] he is leaving. We are going to miss a very good human being and a very, very, very good full-back.”
Questions have been asked over คาสิโนออนไลน์ UFABET ฝากถอนรวดเร็ว เริ่มต้นเล่นง่าย the reception which will be afforded to Alexander-Arnold over Liverpool’s final three games of the season, starting with a visit from Arsenal on Sunday. Slot acknowledged there is likely to be some tension but urged supporters to stick behind the team as a whole.