Liverpool transfer news: NEW Real Madrid offer can go straight in the bin

Liverpool shouldn't waste their time with a new offer from Real Madrid. The European champions can forget it.

ABC in Spain claims Real Madrid are essentially forced to try and sign Trent Alexander-Arnold in January. They're expecting to get him next summer with the expiry of his contract - but plans have changed.

Basically, they're struggling for numbers. Dani Carvajal's out for the rest of the season, leaving them without an elite right-back.

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That's a problem for a team hoping to retain their UEFA Champions League crown. Alexander-Arnold is seen as the long-term replacement, making a January transfer semi-pointless - such a player would be out of a job by next season.

Unless, of course, that January signing is Alexander-Arnold. Real are going to try and find an agreement with Liverpool this winter to bring the Scouser in early.

And it's one the Reds should drop straight into the bin.

Real Madrid can forget it

Real Madrid want to win the Champions League and Alexander-Arnold would certainly help them do that this season. No question there. They hope to strike a cut-price fee with Liverpool and march towards Europe's biggest prize.

Which conveniently ignores the fact that Liverpool are also trying to do just that. If Liverpool reject the offer, they'd essentially be giving up that amount for six months of Alexander-Arnold. In other words, exactly what Real Madrid are trying to do.

So this one can go straight into the bin. The amount Real would offer is going to be less than Alexander-Arnold's worth over six months, especially with Liverpool marching towards silverware right now.

What happens after that, simply happens. Maybe he does leave for free. But if Liverpool have even one extra trophy in their cabinet, it was worth sacrificing Real Madrid's offer.

Surely there's no questioning that?

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