Trent Alexander-Arnold is now IN CONTACT with Real Madrid

Real Madrid have made contact with one of Liverpool’s best players as they look towards a move in 2025. Trent Alexander-Arnold has a major decision to make.

Bild’s Head of Football, Christian Falk, claims Trent Alexander-Arnold has had contact from Real Madrid. The right-back is now in the final year of his contract at Liverpool and a new one doesn’t seem to be too close.

Of course, Alexander-Arnold has been with England at Euro 2024. That’s put something of a halt to Liverpool’s contract talks and the expectation is that now he’s done with the tournament, things can progress.

At the very least, they’ll progress when he’s back for pre-season in a couple of weeks.

But it appears Liverpool will face a fight. Real Madrid smell a steal here, with Alexander-Arnold able to sign for them in January on a pre-contract agreement that would allow a free transfer next summer.

Falk believes Real are ‘getting concrete’ on the idea.

"Real Madrid is getting concret with Trent Alexander-Arnold,” he wrote on X. "Arnold has contract til 2025, no contract extension at Liverpool yet.

"The Player is interested, there is contact since [last] month."

Trent Alexander-Arnold’s future

It would be a dramatic shift in plans if Alexander-Arnold decided he wanted to play for Real Madrid. He’s always talked about wanting to play for Liverpool and be club captain one day - something he’s in line to do once Virgil van Dijk leaves.

But Real Madrid have more pull than any club on the planet. By far, in fact, as they continue to snap up some of the world’s most in-demand players, most of whom were willing to wait for the move.

This is one we won’t need to wait for an answer on, though. If no contract comes in the next couple of months, Liverpool will need to try and sell Alexander-Arnold as losing a player that valuable on a free transfer would be an absolute disaster.

He could still wait for Real, of course, but even that would be an answer - if there’s no new contract in the coming weeks, there isn’t going to be one.