{"id":653014,"date":"2025-03-25T10:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T14:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=653014"},"modified":"2025-03-25T10:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T14:11:08","slug":"liverpool-trent-alexander-arnold-close-real-madrid-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/03\/25\/liverpool-trent-alexander-arnold-close-real-madrid-move\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Working to Close Deal\u2019: Liverpool Get Concerning Update Over 109 G\/a Star\u2019s Future Destination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool are focused on clinching the 2024\/25 Premier League title quickly to make Arne Slot&#8217;s debut season a successful one. However, the Reds are facing a headache over the futures of some key players and have now been dealt with a new blow over Trent Alexander-Arnold.<\/p>\n<h2>Real Madrid Close To Signing Liverpool Defender Trent Alexander-Arnold<\/h2>\n<h3>Have Real Madrid Agreed on Alexander-Arnold Signing Yet?<\/h3>\n<p>The 26-year-old full-back is now moving into the final few months of his current contract with his childhood club, as it expires at the end of June, 2025. The Athletic&#8217;s David Ornstein is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5657716\/2025\/03\/25\/alexander-arnold-real-madrid-liverpool\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reporting<\/a> that Real Madrid are &#8220;working to close deal&#8221; to sign the defender on a free transfer in the summer and ensure he leaves the Reds for nothing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/02\/27\/liverpool-mohamed-salah-contract-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Mohamed Salah Makes Comment On Liverpool Future<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ornstein states that the Spanish side have been monitoring Alexander-Arnold&#8217;s situation for two years and are now doing everything possible to make him agree on a move to the Santiago Bernabeu. However, it&#8217;s also noted by the journalist that they will need to inform Liverpool when or if the defender signs a contractual agreement to join them in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Fabrizio Romano has also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1904496241700184424\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> that Real Madrid have now officially sent their contract offer to the 26-year-old&#8217;s representatives. He claims that discussions are underway and all relevant parties <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/03\/14\/liverpool-trent-alexander-arnold-real-madrid-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">remain confident<\/a> of the Englishman agreeing to move to the La Liga side next season.<\/p>\n<h3>What Is Alexander-Arnold&#8217;s Current Status?<\/h3>\n<p>Alexander-Arnold has kept silent on his future and is currently recovering from an injury issue he picked up in Liverpool&#8217;s elimination from the UEFA Champions League to PSG. He missed England&#8217;s matches in the recent international break and is working hard to be back in action for the Reds for the final stretch of the 2024\/25 season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/03\/18\/liverpool-alexander-isak-transfer-contract-made\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Liverpool Interested In Ambitious Move For Premier League Star<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old has enjoyed a memorable stint at Anfield so far, having made his debut as an 18-year-old in 2016. He has since made 349 appearances for Liverpool, scoring 22 goals and providing 87 assists in all competitions. The full-back has won the Premier League, UEFA Champions League and FA Cup titles with the Reds, but now seems set for a new chapter in his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool are focused on clinching the 2024\/25 Premier League title quickly to make Arne Slot&#8217;s debut season a successful one. However, the Reds are facing a headache over the futures of some key players and have now been dealt with a new blow over Trent Alexander-Arnold. Real Madrid Close To Signing Liverpool Defender Trent Alexander-Arnold [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":648118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16,1366,7188],"tags":[1328],"class_list":["post-653014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-liverpool","category-real-madrid","category-rumours","tag-trent-alexander-arnold"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653014"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":653020,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653014\/revisions\/653020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}