Liverpool midfielder NAMED as Real Madrid's €100m Toni Kroos replacement

Liverpool are facing significant transfer pressure from Real Madrid for Trent Alexander-Arnold.

The 26-year-old is out of contract at the end of the season with Los Blancos seemingly desperate to add him to the ranks.

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Their need is so pronounced that Madrid even offered to enter into negotiations with Liverpool ahead of the January transfer window in an effort to get a deal over the line.

Liverpool resisted those attempts but are well prepared for Madrid to try to talk to Trent over a pre-contract agreement. But Alexander-Arnold isn’t the only Reds star in the frame to make a move to the Bernabeu next season.

There is a growing transfer interest in Alexis Mac Allister with Madrid keen to finally replace Toni Kroos in the engine room. Luka Modric has been playing a lesser role this term and Madrid’s overall form has taken a hit without the German orchestrator.

In a YouTube discussion for Diario AS, Mac Allister was named as the ideal candidate to come into the Spanish capital club with Liverpool’s asking price revealed to be €100 million.

Having scored against Madrid earlier this season in the Champions League, the Argentine World Cup winner has been identified as a midfielder who can make the difference.

'Alexis Mac Allister is a player to seriously consider'

“I would like to see at Real Madrid an Argentine midfielder who wears number 10 and who has already scored against Real Madrid - Alexis Mac Allister,” said journalist Pablo Montaño.

“Because in just a year and a half with Liverpool, he's shown that he's very capable in all positions, because last season he already had to play as a pivot in many matches.

“Something that was hard for me to see because Alexis Mac Allister has an innate ability to arrive and step into the opponent's area, as seen against Real Madrid scoring the first goal of the match.

“And personally, I like to see him near the area because he has goal-scoring ability, because of his arrivals, and because he has a very good foot for that final pass. But he's also useful as a pivot and he's proven that too.

“Alexis Mac Allister is a player to seriously consider.

“Another thing is if you ask Liverpool if they would let Alexis Mac Allister leave for Real Madrid - I think they'd give you trouble because they got him quite cheaply, considering they didn't have any competition.

“They signed him from Brighton for just over €40 million if I remember correctly, and nobody else was interested in Alexis Mac Allister, and right now I don't know what the price would be, but I think they would ask for over €100m.”

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